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Sarah Karlin-Smith

Research Director for Public Citizen’s Access to Medicines Program


Sarah Karlin-Smith is the research director for Public Citizen’s Access to Medicines Program. Sarah spent 15 years as a journalist covering health policy and politics with a focus on drug development and pricing in the United States. Her work explores how government policies and pharma industry lobbying influence how medicines are developed and approved, what diseases are prioritized by scientists, and who gets access to treatment and at what cost.