Sarah Karlin-Smith

Sarah Karlin-Smith

Senior Writer

Washington, DC

Sarah specializes in the policy and politics that affect the pharmaceutical industry. She covers the US Food and Drug Administration, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Service and Congress and other parts of federal and state government. Her work explores how government policies influence how drugs are developed and approved, what diseases are prioritized by scientists, and who gets access to medicines and at what cost. Sarah has covered health care since 2011. Prior to returning to the Pink Sheet in March 2020, she covered health policy at Politico for five years. She is a regular panelist on the Kaiser Health News 'What the Health' podcast. Sarah was selected for and attended a 2018 International Women’s Media Foundation reporting fellowship in Rwanda. In 2016, she attended Harvard Medical School’s media fellowship on bioethics and, in 2014, was an Association of Health Care Journalists-National Library of Medicine Fellow.

Latest from Sarah Karlin-Smith

US FDA Commissioner Makary Wants To Combine Adverse Event Reporting Systems

In discussing FDA’s adverse event monitoring, Makary also seemed to falsely imply the agency did not fully investigate the myocarditis signal with COVID-19 vaccines.

US FDA Staff’s Union President Calls For More Support From Industry

Industry should be more vocal about the harms the recent reduction-in-force will have on getting drugs to market, NTEU Chapter 282 President Anthony Lee said in an interview with Pink Sheet.

US FDA Staff’s Union President Calls For More Support From Industry

Industry should be more vocal about the harms the recent reduction-in-force will have on getting drugs to market, NTEU Chapter 282 President Anthony Lee said in an interview with Pink Sheet.

Kennedy’s Comments On Novavax Delay Scientifically, Legally Inaccurate, Experts Say

The HHS Secretary publicly acknowledged the unusual delay of Novavax's COVID-19 vaccine licensure, but his justification was neither scientifically accurate nor legally justifiable, experts said.

All US FDA Product Centers May Merge Under Planned Agency Reorganization

Product reviews for drugs, biologics, devices, tobacco and foods could be consolidated into one office at the FDA, as part of a restructuring plan circulating that was obtained by Pink Sheet.

Draft FDA Reorganization Would Unite All Product Centers

Product reviews for drugs, biologics, devices, tobacco and foods could be consolidated into one office at the FDA, as part of a restructuring plan circulating that was obtained by Pink Sheet.