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While I respect the FDAs intentions and notable positive actions, I would like to present several articles from reputable sources describing the FDA as a "revol
by ianseyer 9y ago
While I respect the FDAs intentions and notable positive actions, I would like to present several articles from reputable sources describing the FDA as a "revolving door" for various industries - an obvious inlet for corruption, dubious research, delayed actions, etc. As I understand it, this is a well known issue.
I believe it is important to be vigilant and critical when it comes to three letter acronyms.
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/09/28/495694559/a-look-at-how-the-revolving-door-spins-from-fda-to-industry https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/09/28/4956945...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/senators-call-for-crack-down-on-pharmaceutical-industry-revolving-door/2017/11/02/d0c3e6a2-bf34-11e7-959c-fe2b598d8c00_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/senators-call-...
https://www.vox.com/2016/9/28/13059538/fda-drug-regulation-revolving-door https://www.vox.com/2016/9/28/13059538/fda-drug-regulation-r...
http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20160927/NEWS/160929902 http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20160927/NEWS/160929...
- aaavl2821 9y agoThat is fair and skepticism is warranted. A lot of those links point to one study by vinay prasad, who has a reputation as something of an alarmist. Just want to make sure people don't take that study to definitively claim a trend where none may exisr
- ianseyer 9y agoWhile you may be right about Vinay Prasad being an alarmist (I have no idea), the second article is actually based on a bill written by 7 senators with (seemingly) no relation to Vinay's work.