Laura Margottini

Laura is an award-winning investigative journalist exploring health, environment and science policy. She was a contributor for Science magazine for a decade and has extensively worked for the Italian national daily il Fatto Quotidiano.

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25.01.24

Health

‘The response defies belief’: year of inaction leaves children at risk from bad cancer drugs

No proven ‘issues of concern’, insists WHO as substandard medicines remain on sale around the world

An illustration of pill bottles, one is on its side and has leaked a map of Italy

29.06.23

Global Health

Italian hospitals imported unapproved, substandard cancer drug

Poor-quality drug has been bought even when the gold-standard has been available – and sits on hospitals shelves today

25.01.23

Global Health

The drug was meant to save children’s lives. Instead, they’re dying.

Reporting by the Bureau reveals that at least a dozen brands of asparaginase, a key childhood cancer drug, have been proven to be poor quality, with ten still on the market.