Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻💻🧬#RxInspector: ProPublica’s New Tool Provides #Drug Info the #FDA Won’t
Even though #genericdrugs make up 90% of #prescriptions dispensed in the #US, the FDA only provides piecemeal information about them. It’s scattered across different websites with no easy way to link #drugs to their manufacturers, factory locations and regulatory track records. Over many months, journalists connected that data.
https://www.propublica.org/article/rx-inspector-prescription-drug-lookup
Even though #genericdrugs make up 90% of #prescriptions dispensed in the #US, the FDA only provides piecemeal information about them. It’s scattered across different websites with no easy way to link #drugs to their manufacturers, factory locations and regulatory track records. Over many months, journalists connected that data.
https://www.propublica.org/article/rx-inspector-prescription-drug-lookup
