You may know the antibiotic amoxicillin. It's used to treat everything from ear infections to pneumonia.

The commonly used kid-friendly version is often bright pink and

flavored as bubble gum and certain versions have been facing a shortage since

2022. There is an amoxicillin shortage hitting pharmacies across the country.

We're learning some parents in our area are actually having to check with several pharmacies

in order to get a prescription filled.

Three of the top four makers of the antibiotic amoxicillin, reporting supply constraints here

in the US. One of the reasons it's experiencing a shortage is because making a profit on a generic

drug like amoxicillin is difficult here.

So many of these generic drugs are now manufactured overseas.

In fact, there's few factories left in the US that make amoxicillin.

One of them is in Bristol, Tennessee, and it's been struggling to stay open.

The plant was shut down, you know, couldn't afford hardly electricity and so forth like that.

I was shocked that I didn't know about it.

But I'll also tell you I don't know of anyone in health care that know about it.

That's Rick Jackson. He's the CEO of a health care staffing company.

But in 2021, he went out on a limb and bought the approximately 360,000 square foot Bristol

factory after its previous owner declared bankruptcy.

I was thinking and I told my son later,

I don't think I could live with myself knowing I can do something about it to save it.

I don't think I could live with myself knowing how critical that was.

So I decided right then that we were going to bid on it

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