NEW: The FDA has found problems at an Indian factory that makes generic drugs for American patients, including one medication that was made there and has been linked to at least eight deaths. By @sheinvestigates.bsky.social propub.li/4hnE9xd - ThreadSky

propublica.org • 10 days ago

NEW: The FDA has found problems at an Indian factory that makes generic drugs for American patients, including one medication that was made there and has been linked to at least eight deaths.

By @sheinvestigates.bsky.social
https://propub.li/4hnE9xd

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shadowmarkets.bsky.social•10 days ago

We stopped using medication from a facility there because it had repeatedly been found to have pigeon droppings in both the manufacturing area and the storage area, yet the fda continued to approve them. 😬

everyday-bill.bsky.social•10 days ago

I don't think there is any way for the consumer to know whether their meds come from a Glenmark Pharmaceuticals factory.

misselliemp.bsky.social•10 days ago

My local pharmacy, my current mail order pharmacy and the previous one puts the manufacturer on the label.

gpbakes.bsky.social•10 days ago

Grateful for our journalists who are going after these stories.

suezq8000.bsky.social•10 days ago

Wow just wait until the FDA is deregulated and gutted. We’ll never know about these things in the future

thatamenkid.bsky.social•10 days ago

Oh, we still have an FDA? News to me.

williamwillyloman.bsky.social•10 days ago

RFK, jr must have overlooked this office. Consider it closed now!

totesmanly.bsky.social•10 days ago

Re this part: To justify censoring the document, an FDA attorney cited trade secrets -- I'm curious what trade secrets are involved in the make and manufacture of generic drugs.

sandydj2.bsky.social•10 days ago

THIS is why I REFUSE to get my prescription unless it is in the original MANUFACTURES packaging, which show lot number, place of origin, etc.
My doctor prescribes NAME BRAND not generic and my insurance pays.
Local CVS has been breaking packaging to put in orange bottles.

0mphaloskeptic.bsky.social•9 days ago

It's absolutely insane that US pols have allowed Big Pharma to make our medical system/the lives of millions entirely dependent on authoritarian regimes in China and India for the production of antibiotics and almost all other medications used here.

gopickaflower.bsky.social•10 days ago

When adverse events happen because there is a lack of oversight, the trust is eroded in the organizations meant to protect us. Then the political vultures (no offense to actual vultures) come in and profit from those safety concerns.

litbowl.bsky.social•10 days ago

Still waiting for answers: https://bsky.app/profile/litbowl.bsky.social/post/3lknzje4fbk22

cvilletownie.bsky.social•10 days ago

With government entities being destroyed, will there be anything left to find and protect us from dangerous stuff anymore?

pintoman99.bsky.social•10 days ago

Useless article without the Drugs names.

propublica.org•10 days ago

The inspection comes after a ProPublica investigation revealed that drugs made at the Glenmark Pharmaceuticals plant accounted for an outsized share of U.S. recalls for pills that didn’t dissolve properly and could harm people.

https://propub.li/4ibbPzj

selfproclaimeddilf.bsky.social•10 days ago

We have an FDA still?

zero-effort.bsky.social•10 days ago

Don’t worry. Our inspections of Indian generics will soon stop. We’ve gutted that too

selfproclaimeddilf.bsky.social•10 days ago

Good point.

sarcastic-riot.bsky.social•10 days ago

Don’t worry, either way, because India is about to be threatened with tariffs on their generic exports anyway.

zero-effort.bsky.social•10 days ago

Great! So we don’t have a chance to be killed by defective medicine, if we can’t afford it!

velvetdunn4.bsky.social•10 days ago

They don’t do it because they want people to die. It’s that fucking easy

kkrober.bsky.social•9 days ago

Glenmark Pharmaceuticals apparently is more interested in profits than Americans health. And the FDA owes it to Americans to provide the names of these drugs. Why is the government holding this info from us?

toddthom.bsky.social•10 days ago

We already know the FDA is a simp for wall street.

benevoluspf.bsky.social•10 days ago

What took so long?

kkrober.bsky.social•9 days ago

Why will they not provide the names of these drugs? We have a right to know. I truly think this administration is trying to thin the herd. Less people, more money for the rich.

kkrober.bsky.social•9 days ago

The American public has a right to know the names of these drugs!

ricyrick87.bsky.social•20 hours ago

🫥 "ProPublica asked the HHS media team whether Kennedy thinks the heavily redacted inspection record is in line with his transparency promise and whether he believes the names of drugs that inspectors raised safety concerns about are trade secrets. The media team did not respond." 🫥

violavoila.bsky.social•10 days ago

“Still, ProPublica found, the FDA had not sent inspectors to the factory in Madhya Pradesh, India, since before the COVID-19 pandemic.”

Cutting federal agencies’ staff leads to inadequate oversight of drug safety? How unsurprising!

What’s the appropriate response? I daresay it’ll be DOGE cuts.

violavoila.bsky.social•10 days ago

The FDA is required to give Indian factories THREE DAYS’ NOTICE before inspections, giving them time to clean up and fabricate records of quality testing, etc.

rhondaar.bsky.social•10 days ago

I'm surprised they actually did an inspection. I thought we weren't going to do anything that regulated anything anymore.

xstoryteller.bsky.social•9 days ago

But yes, please defund them so that the rich may get richer off our taxes.

jeffisontheroad.bsky.social•10 days ago

So long as Doxycycline costs more than a mortgage payment, I'll take my chances from India.

bammalamma.bsky.social•10 days ago

Oh great, one of my meds comes from them.

cabbageridge.bsky.social•10 days ago

This will become the norm instead of the exception

bellewords.bsky.social•10 days ago

Lovely how the drug companies make Americans pay so much for medication made like this so they can make an even bigger profit. Then they try to scare us away from getting meds from Canada or Mexico -- because they might not be safe.

silverside.bsky.social•10 days ago

What? You mean my granddad worked his whole life for Uncle Sam, paid all his bills and had all the right insurance JUST TO GET RIPPED OFF IN THE END?

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