there are countervailing forces in the opposite direction too though. there's something of a revolving door between FDA and pharmaceutical companies. FDA bureau

there are countervailing forces in the opposite direction too though. there's something of a revolving door between FDA and pharmaceutical companies. FDA bureaucrats are also implicitly incentivized (i.e. its not bribery or corruption, just systemic) to "help out" very large name brand companies where they may be offered employment in the future. they have no incentive to do this for the various local compounding pharmacists that compete with name-brand pharma products.