Pharmaceutical manufacturers are always required to perform safety studies on their drugs in the US. There's nothing unusual about this. There's no prescriptio

Pharmaceutical manufacturers are always required to perform safety studies on their drugs in the US. There's nothing unusual about this. There's no prescription drug you can take here that is actually tested by the FDA. They work with the manufacturers to ensure the testing is thorough and accurate, but the company's themselves fund and conduct the testing. http://www.fda.gov/drugs/resourcesforyou/consumers/ucm143534.htm http://www.fda.gov/drugs/resourcesforyou/consumers/ucm143534... "Q: Does FDA test drugs? A: No. It is the responsibility of the company seeking approval to market a drug to conduct laboratory and animal tests on the safety and effectiveness of a proposed new drug and then to submit that information to FDA for review by CDER physicians, statisticians, chemists, pharmacologists, and other scientist." http://www.fda.gov/Drugs/ResourcesForYou/SpecialFeatures/ucm279676.htm http://www.fda.gov/Drugs/ResourcesForYou/SpecialFeatures/ucm...