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Valisure
Coverage of Valisure in the Nexus archive.
- STAT+: Want high-quality generic drugs? One expert has ideas on how consumers can trust their supply
Generic drugs, which make up 90% of U.S. prescriptions, face quality issues leading to shortages, with over 60% of shortages due to quality concerns. Kevin Schulman, a Stanford professor, proposes FDA-encouraged independent lab testing to improve trust, citing Valisure's findings of impurities in medicines.