25.01.24
Health
No proven ‘issues of concern’, insists WHO as substandard medicines remain on sale around the world
06.10.23
Global Health
Researchers are using TBIJ's findings to create device that will screen for poor-quality medicines that are sold around the world
29.06.23
Poor-quality drug has been bought even when the gold-standard has been available – and sits on hospitals shelves today
25.01.23
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.
10.03.22
New rules could let countries claim back more than they paid for surplus doses that were given away
08.10.21
The inside story of how an ambitious global collaboration fell badly short of its lofty goals
16.06.21
Two of the world's largest oxygen companies have agreed to improve access to oxygen after the Bureau investigated high prices in Africa and shortages across the world
25.05.21
Dozens of countries face severe oxygen shortages because of surging Covid-19 cases and low vaccination rates, a Bureau analysis has found
Medical oxygen has become vital as Covid-19 spreads – and the gap in access to it is stark
19.04.21
Pharma giant had previously demanded governments put up state assets as collateral for Covid19 vaccine deals
10.03.21
An unredacted Pfizer contract with the Dominican Republic shows the company has been given wide-ranging immunity against legal action, meaning it cannot be held liable for problems at any step of its...
23.02.21
The Bureau has learned that the pharmaceutical giant also insists on indemnity against its own negligence in hardball negotiations with Latin American countries
06.02.21
Unequal distribution of Covid-19 vaccines will harm all of us – leaving reservoirs for the virus across the world in which new, potentially more dangerous strains will emerge and spread
25.11.20
Emergency legislation is being used to target and abuse LGBTQ+ and HIV-positive people around the world. Here are their stories
30.07.20
Formula companies are using a group of unpaid mothers to market their brands online, in contravention of a WHO code
12.05.20
A handful of factories in Europe supply most of America's propofol, the sedative used to keep coronavirus patients comfortable in ICU - and stocks are running dangerously low
09.04.20
Drugs needed to keep people on ventilators comfortable are running low in hospital pharmacies in many countries, including the US
