The Food and Drug Administation is approving a generic drug for a very rare genetic disorder, but not for autism.

Half of US generic drugs are made in India and transit the Strait of Hormuz. Supply chains prepare for emergencies, but prescription stockpiles are limited.

The TrumpRx website claims to offer the best prices for medications. Here’s where Americans still pay more — and much more.

Dr. Marty Makary, the FDA’s commissioner, said in a statement that the “approval represents a significant milestone for ...

President Donald Trump is pushing ahead with announcements to TrumpRx.gov as Americans look for ways to cut the costs associated with prescription drugs.

Last year, the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging launched a bipartisan effort to expose the public health and national security risks America’s overreliance on foreign-made generic drugs poses to ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. The U.S. spent $722.5 billion on pharmaceuticals in 2023. Although brand-name drugs consume four out of every 5 dollars America ...

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 ...

Generic drugs account for more than 90 percent of prescriptions filled in the United States. Recent studies have found concering variability in quality and safety America’s generic drug supply, most ...

President Donald Trump announced a new round of tariffs beginning in October 2025 that would impose a 100% duty on brand name drugs imported to the United States. There's a major exemption to the ...

America learned during the pandemic that it should never depend on our adversaries for our necessities. But if President Donald Trump's tariffs mistakenly include generic pharmaceuticals, we just ...

John Wilkerson is a Washington correspondent for STAT who writes about the politics of health care. He is also the author of the twice-weekly D.C. Diagnosis newsletter. Emory is the data editor at ...