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Article imageJoe Graedon - June 30, 2025
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Were “Dry” Powder Asthma and COPD Inhalers a Big OOPS?

A "natural" experiment at the VA switched patients from Symbicort to a generic form of Advair. Changing inhalers produced unexpected effects!

Debbie Cenziper - June 26, 2025

His Kidney Failed. He’ll Never Know if a Transplant Drug From a Banned Factory Was to Blame.

Debbie Cenziper - June 23, 2025

Seven Things to Know About ProPublica’s Investigation of the FDA’s Secret Gamble on Generic Drugs

Joe Graedon - June 23, 2025

Does Generic Celecoxib Measure Up to Celebrex?

Joe Graedon - June 18, 2025

A Generic Drug Scandal That SHOCKED Even Us!

Debbie Cenziper - June 18, 2025

Threat in Your Medicine Cabinet: The FDA’s Gamble on America’s Drugs

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Joe Graedon - April 3, 2025

Pills, Prices, and Politics: Will Tariffs Increase Drug Costs?

Americans pay far more for their medications than people in other developed countries. Will there be tariffs on drugs? Will prices go higher?

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Patricia Callahan - March 27, 2025

The FDA Finally Visited an Indian Drug Factory Linked to U.S. Deaths. It Found Problems.

The FDA has been slow to re-establish inspections of foreign drug manufacturers. What it found in Madhya Pradesh was shocking.