Half of all drugmakers failed to alert the FDA about quality issues with products shipped between 2018 and 2021, according to Axios. Field alert reports (FARs) are not a required reporting measure, but help regulators assess risk to the public and how well companies manage issues. Out of 1,143 sites eligible to submit FARs, the FDA found that only 49.1 percent actually did over a four-year period.
Rick Good spent ten years in the newspaper business, including with The News & Observer (Raleigh, NC) and The Greenville News (Greenville, SC). He co-wrote, with Melinda Coleman, Rutledge to Riley: Governors of South Carolina, 1776–Present (Published by The Greenville News), and is the author of Mind Games Trivia #1 (Amazon). He has recently spent 15 years creating original trivia content through Sounds Good Mobile Entertainment and continues that with his new company, SGME Software. He edits The Smart Reader’s money, real estate, and business coverage.