Investigating Generic Drugs: How Poor Quality Generics Cause Harm

If you feel like your generic drugs aren’t working, you may be right. Generics don’t always work the way they should and can even be unsafe. In this webinar, experts expose why the system is unreliable, what’s broken, and what should be done immediately to fix it.

Katherine Eban

Journalist and Author,

Bottle of Lies

Joe Graedon

President,

The People’s Pharmacy

David Light

Co-founder and President,

Valisure

Suzanne Robotti,

Founder and President,

MedShadow Foundation

A Webinar Series For Everyone Who Takes Or Prescribes Medicine.

Join this urgent public discussion with patients, doctors, pharmacists, researchers and journalists to examine and improve generic drug safety.

Discover Quality Issues

Learn how contamination, inconsistent dosages, and weak FDA oversight impact generic drug safety.

Understand the Fallout

Hear from regular people and patient advocates who have been directly affected by generics gone wrong.

Make Change Happen

Get practical advice that will empower you to protect yourself and your family and demand better accountability across the healthcare system.

Meet Our Speakers

Katherine Eban

Journalist and Author,

Bottle of Lies

Katherine Eban is an award-winning investigative journalist, Vanity Fair special correspondent, best-selling author and Andrew Carnegie fellow. Her book, Bottle of Lies, is a New York Times bestseller and one of its 100 Notable Books of 2019. Eban’s articles on topics from pharmaceutical counterfeiting to COVID-19’s origins have won numerous prestigious awards, and she lectures frequently on the topic of pharmaceutical integrity.

Joe Graedon

President,

The People’s Pharmacy

Joe Graedon is an academic and New York Times best-selling author whose work on health and pharmaceuticals has been syndicated nationally and earned him places on numerous advisory boards. Along with his wife Teresa Graedon, he hosts a public radio show and podcast heard on NPR stations. Graedon holds an M.S. in Pharmacology and is widely regarded as a leading expert in the field of consumer drug advice.

David Light

Co-founder and President,

Valisure

David Light is a biotech entrepreneur and scientist with more than 18 years of experience in the field. His work is published in major medical journals including Nature, Journal of the American Pharmacist Association, and American Heart Association’s Journal Circulation and has been invited to testify at congressional hearings and speak at The White House about generic drug safety.

Suzanne Robotti

Founder and President,

MedShadow Foundation

Suzanne Robotti founded MedShadow Foundation in 2013. As a patient safety advocate, Robotti served on the FDA Advisory Committee on Drug Safety and Risk Management as the only consumer representative alongside doctors and pharmacists from 2017-2024. She writes and speaks extensively on known and lesser-known side effects, interactions, and supply chain issues related to OTC and prescription drugs.

Get Informed to Keep Yourself Safe

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