“In my two decades as a reporter, I’ve sat at many kitchen tables with grieving mothers,” ProPublica reporter Megan Rose writes.

“Talking with Holly, though, was the first time I’d done so as a mother myself. Her sorrow hit me differently.”

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Her Daughter Died After Taking a Generic Version of a Lifesaving Drug. This Is What She Wants You to Know.

Hannah Goetz was 17 when she had a double lung transplant. Her tacrolimus medication was supposed to help her body accept her new lungs. She died at just 21 years old.

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Last month, we released Rx Inspector, a groundbreaking tool that lets you find the factories where your generic drugs were manufactured.

See the never-before-released data that ties everything together.
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ProPublica Publishes Unreleased Data on the Origins of Generic Prescription Drugs

The dataset powers our Rx Inspector tool, which lets you find the factories that made your generic drugs and their FDA inspection track records.

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