Two weeks before Christmas Day in 2020, nearly 1,500 workers at the Viatris facility in Morgantown, West Virginia, formerly known as Mylan, were met with devastating news. It was originally operated by Mylan Pharmaceuticals, a homegrown company that was started in West Virginia by Milan Puskar. But elected officials in Morgantown said they haven’t been able to even tour the Viatris plant, which could help them attract potential buyers for the facility. In the spring, the West Virginia House of Delegates passed a resolution urging President Biden to invoke the Defense Production Act to retrofit the facility to produce medical supplies. Not just in small town West Virginia," Russell Livengood, one of the plant’s employees, warned about the closure.

Source: Fox News July 11, 2021 20:26 UTC