Katherine Eban

Katherine Eban is an investigative journalist and the author of the New York Times bestseller Bottle of Lies: The Inside Story of the Generic Drug Boom.

U.S. President Donald Trump wears a protective face mask as he talks with factory workers in Clyde, Ohio, on August 6, 2020.

Trump's Executive Order About U.S.-Made Drugs May Not Enhance Public Safety the Way It Should

Pharmaceutical manufacturing has long been a dirty business. The antibiotic...

Pharmaceutical manufacturing has long been a dirty business. The antibiotic-laced wastewater, and other pollutants it leaves behind, is just one of many reasons that so many American drug-manufacturing plants closed up over the last few...

The Coronavirus Pandemic Is Creating a Drug Supply Crisis Just When We Most Need Medicine

As the world scrambles for a magic pharmaceutical bullet to stop the corona...

As the world scrambles for a magic pharmaceutical bullet to stop the coronavirus, drugs perceived as cures – despite reed-thin evidence -- have vanished from pharmacy shelves. Just last Friday, after President Trump touted the...

How Some Generic Drugs Could Do More Harm Than Good

For the 16 years that Dr. Brian Westerberg, a Canadian surgeon, worked volu...

For the 16 years that Dr. Brian Westerberg, a Canadian surgeon, worked volunteer missions at the Mulago National Referral Hospital in Kampala, Uganda, scarcity was the norm. The patients usually exceeded the 1,500 allotted beds....

Katherine Eban

Trump's Executive Order About U.S.-Made Drugs May Not Enhance Public Safety the Way It Should

The Coronavirus Pandemic Is Creating a Drug Supply Crisis Just When We Most Need Medicine

How Some Generic Drugs Could Do More Harm Than Good

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