Food and Drug Safety

Food contaminated with pathogens cause an estimated 48 million illnesses, 128,000 hospitalizations, and 3,000 deaths annually in the United States. Pew is working to modernize food safety approaches used by federal agencies and businesses so that...

Substance use disorders and the harms associated with these diseases are a serious, growing public health problem. Nearly 48,000 Americans died from an opioid overdose in 2017. Pew develops and supports policies that would reduce the inappropriate...

Antibiotic-resistant bacteria pose an urgent and growing public health threat. The more we use existing antibiotics, the less effective these life-saving drugs become. Pew supports policies and research that spur the creation of new antibiotics to...

Pew works to protect patients from the risks of drugs produced under dangerous and illegal conditions. We focus on compounded drugs—medications made by pharmacists or physicians for people whose needs cannot be met by FDA-approved products and aim...

A broad range of medical and other products regulated by the Food and Drug Administration account for up to a quarter of all U.S. consumer spending. Pew complements its work supporting drug safety and effective and efficient regulation of medical...