by John A. Jenkins | Sep 3, 2026 | FDA, FOIA
FOIAengine: Newly Remade Advisory Committee Green Lights Six Compounds, Despite the Applications Being Pulled Bobby Harshbarger is a Tennessee state senator and pharmacist of noteworthy lineage, with an interesting backstory. Both of his parents are...
by Randy Miller | Aug 20, 2026 | FDA, FOIA, News Media, Politics
FOIAengine: Twenty-One Requests from News Media, Non-Profits and Companies The nationwide outbreak of cyclospora infections this summer prompted a steady stream of national and local news articles, along with 21 Freedom of Information Act requests to the Food and Drug...
by John A. Jenkins | Aug 5, 2026 | FDA, FOIA, Hedge Funds, Pharmaceuticals, Stock Market
FOIAengine: Requests from Point72, Sofinnova, Holocene, Triple Gate and Others A review of the latest Freedom of Information Act requests targeting three life-sciences companies – Novo Nordisk (NYSE: NVO); Charles River Laboratories (NYSE: CRL); and iRhythm...
by John A. Jenkins | Jul 30, 2026 | FDA, FOIA, News Media, Pharmaceuticals, Politics
FOIAengine: Multiple News Outlets Sought Details on “Compassionate Use” Within days of a Stat News report describing a highly unusual government decision to grant a 79-year-old patient early access to Eli Lilly’s experimental obesity drug retatrutide, some of the...
by Randy Miller | May 6, 2026 | FDA, FOIA, Hedge Funds, Pharmaceuticals, Short-Selling, Stock Market
FOIAengine: Assessments Include Operational, Clinical and Commercial Threats Freedom of Information Act requests to the Food and Drug Administration during March illustrated three of the primary uncertainties facing U.S. drug manufacturers and their investors: the...
by John A. Jenkins | Apr 9, 2026 | FDA, FOIA, Litigation, Medical Devices, Short-Selling, Stock Market
How FOIA Requests Signaled Problems With a “Bionic Pancreas” At a federal advisory panel meeting in 2018, a biomedical engineer named Ed Damiano stepped to the microphone – not just as a scientist. “I’m also a father,” he told regulators, describing his son’s...
