An opinion piece in the Washington Post “Generics are cheap and popular, but some might not be as safe as you’d expect” was written by C. Michael White, a professor and head of the Department of Pharmacy Practice at the University of Connecticut. In it, he warns of the number of drugs manufactured overseas, contamination risks, and the lack of direct FDA oversight.

The article is based on an editorial he wrote for Annals of Pharmacotherapy This is a critically important issue, and one for our legislators to examine.