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Decolorized image of five diamond-shaped Viagra pills, etched with VGR 100 and Pfizer on each side.
Viagra, a prescription medication manufactured by Pfizer to treat erectile dysfunction. (Photo: waragainstallpuertoricans.com)

Pharmaceutical boom in Puerto Rico begins.

Date: 1980

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Viagra, a prescription medication manufactured by Pfizer to treat erectile dysfunction. (Photo: waragainstallpuertoricans.com)

For the next 20 years, Big Pharma will turn Puerto Rico into a pill factory. As of 2008, Puerto Rico is the world’s largest exporter of pharmaceuticals, accounting for nearly 25% of total shipments. Sixteen of the twenty highest-selling drugs in the U.S. are produced in Puerto Rico. One factory alone produces all of the Viagra consumed in North America.