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Anna Edney

ARTICLES BY ANNA EDNEY

Children can develop the illness even if they haven’t had Covid symptoms, and week-long intensive care unit stays are not uncommon (Photo: AFP)

Deadly Covid-linked condition in kids poised for a comeback

5 min read . 15 Aug 2021

Donald Trump’s fiscal 2019 budget request to Congress proposed speeding up generic drug approvals further. Photo: AFP

Four things to look for in Donald Trump’s drug pricing speech Friday

2 min read . 11 May 2018

USFDA reports show some workers in India destroyed records to keep regulators in the dark about production issues. Photo: Bloomberg

Plans to slash medical costs in US run into generic drug concerns

5 min read . 09 Jan 2018

Despite vowing to step up inspections, the FDA has struggled to monitor the more than 500 facilities in India registered to make drugs for the US agency inspections there dropped 27% in fiscal 2017 from a year earlier, to 185 from 252. Photo: Bloomberg

Plan to slash US drug costs leans on problem-plagued factories in India

5 min read . 09 Jan 2018

Lupin managing director Nilesh Gupta. Lupin has 11 facilities that manufacture generic drugs globally, according to its website. Photo: HT

US FDA warns Lupin on repeated quality control violations

2 min read . 16 Nov 2017

Tom Price’s seven-month tenure as head of the health agency in the Donald Trump administration was bracketed by questions about his conduct. Photo: Reuters

Donald Trump’s health secretary Tom Price resigns amid private jet scandal

5 min read . 30 Sept 2017

Novartis CAR-T drug raises a host of questions for doctors, patients, manufacturers and regulators, including who will receive potentially life-saving treatments and how to pay for them. Photo: Bloomberg

Cancer breakthrough heralds new era of cures, costs and choices

5 min read . 31 Aug 2017

To pressure Democrats into supporting a replacement plan, President Donald Trump has suggested that he will let Obamacare ‘collapse.’ Photo: Reuters

Donald Trump sweetens Obamacare for insurers after repeal failure

2 min read . 14 Apr 2017

The FDA said it could withhold approval of new drugs until it can confirm compliance with quality standards. Photo: Getty Images/AFP

Mylan gets FDA warning on drug quality at factory in India

1 min read . 11 Apr 2017

A file photo of US President Donald Trump. Photo: AFP

Donald Trump takes dealmaking to Capitol Hill on tweaked health care bill

5 min read . 21 Mar 2017

US President Donald Trump. Photo: Reuters

Donald Trump promises ‘something special’ on health care before speech

4 min read . 28 Feb 2017

It’s not clear that Donald Trump has the support of key Republicans for the harshest drug price policies, which have typically been opposed by conservatives. Photo: Reuters

Donald Trump calls drug pricing ‘astronomical’ and promises changes

5 min read . 31 Jan 2017

AquaBounty has been pushing to sell the animal for about two decades.

‘Frankenfish’ wins approval as first genetically altered animal

1 min read . 20 Nov 2015

Flibanserin is approved for women diagnosed with a condition which is low libido that causes stress. Sprout Pharma wants to make the drug available by 17 October. Photo: AP

Female sex-drive pill wins FDA approval in first for US women

3 min read . 19 Aug 2015

Mylan chief executive officer Heather Bresch has called stricter enforcement abroad imperative to ensure access to quality drugs in the US. Photo: Getty Images/AFP

Mylan warned by FDA over drug quality in three Indian plants

2 min read . 18 Aug 2015

A screen grab of DexCom Inc website.

First medical app system to monitor glucose cleared in US

1 min read . 24 Jan 2015

Sun’s plant at Vadodara was banned four months after its inspection. A senior quality control officer told FDA investigators that lab employees there frequently pretested samples before recording a final result, according to the agency’s warning letter to Sun. Photo: Bloomberg

Drug batch tainted? Just hit delete and ship it to US

10 min read . 04 Dec 2014

While not as visible as the dead frogs and flies inspectors have found in other Indian labs, the pattern of data integrity breaches worries doctors in the US and elsewhere. Photo: Mint

Indian labs deleted test results for US drugs, FDA documents show

10 min read . 03 Dec 2014

The risk of being caught in Africa is low because “countries are typically poorer, have a less educated population and do not function well in regulating drug quality,” according to a paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research. Photo: Ramesh Pathania/Mint

India sends substandard generic drugs to Africa, say researchers

3 min read . 18 Sept 2014

The FDA is seeking a new leader for its India unit following Altaf Lal’s departure a year after taking the job. Photo: AFP

Drive to add FDA drug police in India delayed as leaders depart

3 min read . 18 Jul 2014