(AP Photo/Elise Amendola) *This piece was originally published on November 30th, 2018 In the ‘90s, most of the world’s medicines were manufactured in the United States, Europe and Japan. Today, almost 80% of them come from China. In her book, China Rx: Exposing The Risks Of America’s Dependence On China For Medicine, Rosemary Gibson says that China is becoming the world’s pharmacy, but that development, she argues, comes with many risks.