Young female pharmacist checks stock levels of medication in pharmacy stock room (Photo by Universal Images Group via Getty Images) If a grocery store steeply discounted rotting cuts of meat or ...

It doesn’t routinely test generics for quality concerns or to see if they’re working as effectively as brand-name medications. Instead, the agency heavily relies on drug companies, often in countries ...

On Friday, the Food and Drug Administration announced a new pilot prioritization program for the review of abbreviated new drug applications that aims to spur and reward investment in U.S. drug ...

Investigation raises concerns about lack of FDA quality testing for generic drugs By some estimates, about 90% of prescriptions in the U.S. are filled with generic drugs. The Food and Drug ...

This article originally appeared on ProPublica. It’s a fundamental tenet of health care in America: Generic drugs are just as safe and effective as brand-name ones. The only difference is the price.