Reply #45: FDA

[Why Syzygy]

It isn't JUST the pharmcos.

Andrew von Eschenbach
New FDA Leadership has Strong Ties to Big Pharma,
Wall Street
NewsTarget 18aug2006

According to Byron J. Richards, author of "Fight For Your Health: Exposing The FDA'S Betrayal of America," the FDA is in a position to change the health and wellbeing of all Americans, but are set to steer that change in the wrong direction, "straight over a cliff." The root of this problem, Richards says, is the involvement of the pharmaceutical industry — also known as "Big Pharma" — in the FDA decision-making process.

Andrew von Eschenbach: New FDA Leadership has Strong Ties to Big Pharma, Wall Street - NewsTarget 18aug2006

"The top two positions at the FDA are now headed by Big Pharma representatives," Richards says. "The Bush-appointed new FDA leadership is intent on removing any brakes being applied to the drug approval process, quite happy to turn ill Americans into human guinea pigs."
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http://www.mindfully.org/Health/2006/FDA-von-Eschenbach18aug06.htm