John A. Jenkins

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The Deadly Tick-Tock of a Pacemaker Recall

FOIAengine: How FOIA Requests Pointed to Problems at Boston Scientific Months before Boston Scientific expanded its urgent warning this month about the risk of sudden death from its Accolade pacemakers,...

The Epstein Files and MMTLP

FOIAengine:  How a Grassroots Movement Saw New Evidence of a Conspiracy In December, a retired California Highway Patrol officer named Wilma Stone filed an unusual Freedom of Information Act request...

How Journalists Use FOIA as an Investigative Tool

FOIAengine: Hundreds of Requests Probing How FDA Weighs Risk and Responds to Warnings A new tranche of just-released Freedom of Information Act requests from news organizations shows how reporters are...

Emergent Biosolutions, Insider Trading, and the Gemba Shuffle

FOIAengine: Media Requests Were Warnings, Months Before Bad News Hit In the early days of the Covid pandemic, there was big money on the line as pharmaceutical companies scrambled to...

How Hedge Funds Use FOIA to Stay Ahead of...

FOIAengine: Warning Letters and Inspection Reports in the Spotlight Freedom of Information Act requests filed with the Food and Drug Administration by hedge funds last month revealed big financial players...

Media’s FOIA Requests Target FDA Gaps

FOIAengine: Growing Scrutiny of Drug Safety and Enforcement  As GLP-1 weight-loss drugs surge in popularity, major news organizations are pressing the Food and Drug Administration for internal records that reveal...