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The U.S. role is notable for an administration that has long shunned nation-building missions abroad and has emphasized defending the Western Hemisphere.

With the public markets shunning early-stage biotechs, startups aspiring to an IPO need to advance drugs into clinical trials.

Its executives say it only does deals in jurisdictions such as the U.S. and Bermuda and that it shuns places like the Cayman Islands.

Food companies for decades have worked to use more-natural ingredients as shoppers shun artificial versions.

Given the resultant uncertainty, it is no surprise investors have shunned healthcare stocks, notwithstanding miraculous medical advances and the ever-growing demand for care.