Baxter on Wednesday forecasted manufacturing disruptions caused by Hurricane Maria will cost the company about $70 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2017.
Baxter has three manufacturing facilities in Puerto Rico, all of which are operating on limited manufacturing capacity. As a result, many U.S. hospitals are experiencing shortages of Baxter's IV products.
Baxter CEO José Almeida told analysts the company should achieve normal inventory levels for affected products — and see little financial impact from the supply chain disruptions — by the first quarter of 2018, according to Reuters.
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