Pfizer Assessing Impact of Tornado Damage on North Carolina Plant

Tornado struck Pfizer's Rocky Mount, North Carolina pharmaceutical plant, causing extensive damage to a warehouse facility.
Plant produces about 25% of Pfizer's sterile injectable medicines used in U.S. hospitals.
Damage occurred mainly to a warehouse storing raw materials, packaging, and finished medicines awaiting quality assurance.
Pfizer working to salvage production equipment, find alternative manufacturing, and replace lost materials.
FDA says no immediate significant impact expected on drug supplies due to products already distributed.