Serious Gaps in US Drug Safety

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This caught my eye in the National Journal, Pew Study Finds Gaps in FDA Oversight of Imported Drugs.

In a nutshell, Pew Finds Serious Gaps in Oversight of U.S. Drug Safety points to the Pew white paper that finds that increased outsourcing of manufacturing, a complex and globalized supply chain and criminal actors create the potential for counterfeit or substandard medicines to enter the supply chain and reach patients.

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