It is a sad reality that some of the regulatory agencies have been captured by the industry groups. This is especially concerning in healthcare and pharma indus

It is a sad reality that some of the regulatory agencies have been captured by the industry groups. This is especially concerning in healthcare and pharma industry. Take for example Vioxx and Opioid issues: Merck Manipulated the Science about the Drug Vioxx - https://www.ucsusa.org/manipulating-science-about-drug-vioxx https://www.ucsusa.org/manipulating-science-about-drug-vioxx Purdue infiltrated WHO, manipulated opioid policies to boost sales, report finds - https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/05/world-health-organization-parroted-purdues-deceptive-opioid-claims-report-says/ https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/05/world-health-organiz... Yet it is still surprising to see that on HN in general anyone questioning safety of pharmaceutical products get downvoted into oblivion.