Senators Propose Sweeping Changes to Generic Drug Oversight

Senators unleash crackdown after feds caught letting banned drug factories ship to US

Senators Propose Sweeping Changes to Generic Drug Oversightby Debbie Cenziper and Megan Rose, ProPublica, and Melissa Dai, Medill Investigative LabProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox.Series: Rx Roulette:The FDA’s Dangerous Gamble on America’s Drugs More in this series Lawmakers at the helm of the Senate Special Committee on Aging have p…

Senators Propose Sweeping Changes to Generic Drug Oversight

Citing a ProPublica investigation, lawmakers are calling on the FDA to conduct more drug testing and to alert hospitals and other purchasers when foreign manufacturers with safety failures are given a special pass to send their products to the U.S.