FDA scientists complain to Obama of 'corruption'

[kpete]

Source: Associated Press

FDA scientists complain to Obama of 'corruption'

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR, Associated Press Writer Ricardo Alonso-zaldivar, Associated Press Writer – Thu Jan 8, 6:22 pm ET

WASHINGTON – In an unusually blunt letter, a group of federal scientists is complaining to the Obama transition team of widespread managerial misconduct in a division of the Food and Drug Administration.

"The purpose of this letter is to inform you that the scientific review process for medical devices at the FDA has been corrupted and distorted by current FDA managers, thereby placing the American people at risk," said the letter, dated Wednesday and written on the agency's Center for Devices and Radiological Health letterhead.

The center is responsible for medical devices ranging from stents and breast implants to MRIs and other imaging machinery. The concerns of the nine scientists who wrote to the transition team echo some of the complaints from the FDA's drug review division a few years ago during the safety debacle involving the painkiller Vioxx.

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[donco6]

1. So, how many devices and drugs are going to have to be yanked?

This is very, very scary.

[Fridays Child]

2. Open secret of the century.

Every government agency has been similarly corrupted, over the last eight years, I'm sure. But, considering the direct effect that FDA rulings have on the health of Americans, it's particularly urgent that this be addressed. Bravo to these federal scientists.

[maddezmom]

3. duplicate topic

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph...