Challenges in Generic Drug Safety & Surveillance

As the Director of CDER's Office of Generic Drugs' Clinical Safety Surveillance Staff, Dr. Howard Chazin leads a multidisciplinary team of pharmacists, medical officers and data analysts to identify and assess emerging complex safety issues related to generic drugs. “Generic drugs provide considerable cost savings. They also enhance the availability of quality medications to the American public,” he explains. “The American public should have confidence in generic drugs.”