FDA's plan to boost biosimilar drugs could stall at the patent office

While the FDA is streamlining regulation of copycat versions of the expensive drugs that millions take for arthritis, cancer, and other diseases, the U.S. patent office is making it harder for the ...
Health AffairsOpinion

Essential Drugs Must Be Affordable And Accessible

When the sole manufacturer withdrew a critical cancer drug from Medicare and Medicaid, patients were left without options.
The Clinton Herald

TO YOUR GOOD HEALTH: Evenity not advised for patients with a high heart attack risk

My primary care doctor has prescribed the medication Evenity for my osteoporosis. I have been on Fosamax for about three ...
KTVB

Cholesterol drug recall may affect hundreds of thousands of patients

If you take cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins, you may have noticed a flurry of news coverage since late October 2025 about an extensive recall of thousands of bottles of atorvastatin, the ...
The Hill

FDA to streamline approvals of generic biologic drugs

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is launching an effort to streamline the approval process for cheaper alternative “biosimilar” versions of biologic drugs as a way to curb health costs. The ...
CNN

FDA to streamline approvals for generic biological drugs in latest move targeting health costs

The US Food and Drug Administration will take steps to streamline the development of generic versions of complex biological drugs, the agency announced Wednesday. The changes are meant to accelerate ...
STAT

Advocacy groups form a buyer’s club to obtain generic versions of pricey Vertex cystic fibrosis drug

Ed Silverman, a senior writer and Pharmalot columnist at STAT, has been covering the pharmaceutical industry for nearly three decades. He is also the author of the morning Pharmalittle newsletter and ...
Forbes

Generic Drugs Are The Physical Manifestation Of Lifesaving Abundance

CHICAGO - JULY 23: Lipitor tablets sit in a tray at a Pharmacy July 23, 2008 in Chicago, Illinois. Pfizer, the world's biggest drug maker and manufacturer of the cholesterol drug Lipitor, said today ...
ProPublica

Senators Propose Sweeping Changes to Generic Drug Oversight

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Lawmakers at the helm of the Senate Special Committee on ...
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Is Your Medication Made in a Contaminated Factory? The FDA Won’t Tell You.

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. These highlights were written by the reporters and editors ...