OII Feature Stories
To illustrate the unique value of OII's regulatory investments we have developed a series of feature stories that describe recent advances by our colleagues and their impacts on public health.
FDA Investigator Travels Globe to Help Ensure Safety of America’s Medicines
By: Erin Peabody
When we pick up a prescription at our local drugstore, we’re often asked by the pharmacist if we have any questions. Fortunately for Americans, FDA consumer safety officers like Rajiv Srivastava have devoted their careers to scrutinizing the safety of pharmaceutical drugs bound for the U.S. market—and travelling halfway around the world to do so.
Safeguarding Communities and National Drug Stockpiles
By: Monique Richards
ORA’s New York Medical Products Laboratory is safeguarding the health and well-being of communities by analyzing medical products for suspected health fraud and testing products for potential issues. The office also ensures that critical drugs in the National Strategic Stockpile are safe and ready by recommending extending the expiry date of drugs tested by the FDA
The Hunt for a Blinding Bacterium
By: Erin Peabody
These super strains of bacteria, viruses, and fungi can cause devastating infections, known for their genetic ability to turn on a dime, so to speak, picking up new defenses and resistances that can render even the most potent antibiotics and other drugs useless.
Patient Advocacy Lies at Heart of FDA Agent’s Theranos Case
By: Pat El-Hinnawy and Erin Peabody
As patients seek legal recourse for harms they suffered at the hands of fraudulent start-up Theranos, there’s one FDA criminal investigator who understands their pain—perhaps better than anyone.
ORA's Detroit Laboratory and University of Michigan Students Connect for Lab Tour
By Dawn Pyant
“Science is the universal language,” said Jeanpaul Mivoyel, Acting Director of ORA's Detroit Medical Products Laboratory (DETLMP), a remark that spoke volumes to a visiting group of students from the University of Michigan (U-M), there to participate in a presentation and tour of the laboratory.
Of Bacteria and Bad Actors
FDA scientists, like Diane Biron, must battle both to ensure the safety of America’s medical devices.
FDA lead laboratory for medical device and radioanalytical testing
The Winchester Engineering and Analytical Center (WEAC) is the only FDA facility that performs analyses of medical devices, such as CT scanners, pacemakers, and defibrillators. Learn more about the WEAC facility by reviewing the https://youtu.be/TOCop47Dwew and the WEAC web page.
New Digitized “Cloud” Helps FDA Scientists Share Findings Almost Instantly, Advancing Consumer Protections and Food Safety
An in depth look at an award winning tool at work in ORA laboratories.
Public Outreach Remains Powerful Agency Tool
For more than 70 years, FDA's public health educators work to protect Americans from false and misleading information.
New York State Formalizes Food Safety Efforts with the FDA
The agency signs a domestic mutual reliance partnership agreement with the New York Department of Agriculture and Markets.
All Hands on Safety
The agency’s tireless and, at times, technical battle during the pandemic to protect Americans from unsafe hand sanitizers
Scrutiny and Safety at Toyosu Market
ORA investigator Derek Dealy shares how his discovery at the famous Japanese market protected public health and, personally, affirmed his choice of career.