I've been looking at this sentence for a long time and can't get what the
grammar tells me in this case.

> この薬は世界で１４万人に使うぐらい用意される予定です

Could someone break this sentence down for me? I appreciate your answers
beforehand.
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How to break down the sentence この薬は世界で１４万人に使うぐらい用意される予定です?
The basic structure of the sentence is as follows:

> この薬は用意される予定です  
>  (literally) Concerning this medicine, it's planned to be prepared.

Of course, it's a drug company (not patients or the drug itself) that will
actually manufacture this medicine.

～ぐらい forms an adverbial phrase that means "to the point where ～". For example:

  * びっくりするぐらい美味しい  
It is delicious to the point where I'm surprised.  
→ It's surprisingly delicious.

  * 目に見えないぐらい小さい  
It is small to the point where it is invisible to your eyes.  
→ It is too small to see.

世界で14万人に使うぐらい literally means "to the point where [people] use (the medicine)
for 140,000 people in the world". In this context, it can be rephrased to
"(manufactured) enough to treat 140,000 patients in the world".

> この薬は世界で14万人に使うぐらい用意される予定です。  
>  The medicine will be prepared for use in 140,000 patients in the world.
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