Pfizer Caps Hospital Drug Supply After Tornado Destroys Warehouse

Damage to a Pfizer pharmaceutical factory after a tornado hit the facility two days earlier in Rocky Mount, N.C., on July 21, 2023. Sean Rayford/Getty Images

Drug maker Pfizer officially confirmed that over 30 of its drugs may see supply disruption after a tornado destroyed a warehouse at its Rocky Mount plant in North Carolina last week.

Pfizer’s Rocky Mount facility makes hospital-oriented drugs, such as anesthetics, painkillers, medicines that treat infections, and drugs needed for surgeries.