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Is the FDA stacked with industry insiders like the FCC? Is that what's going on here? Or does the DoD have that much influence?
by Zelphyr 8y ago
Is the FDA stacked with industry insiders like the FCC? Is that what's going on here? Or does the DoD have that much influence?
- chelmzy 8y agoWhy would the DoD have a hand in this?
- 0d311 8y agoIn the article, they discuss a few times how a consideration for this drug is servicemen in the field.
- User23 8y agoOf course it is. Regulatory capture is a real thing. While the courts are far from perfect, judges don't routinely "retire" to take multi-million dollar positions with the companies they rule on the way that regulators do.
- etrevino 8y agoThe DoD does have that much influence. If they want it, they'll get it. And if they can't get it through normal channels they'll bend over backwards to try to get Congress to carve out an exception.