"When many cures are offered for a disease, it means the disease is not curable" -Anton Chekhov
''Once you tell people there's a cure for something, the more likely they are to pressure doctors to prescribe it.'' -Robert Ehrlich, drug advertising executive.
"Opinions are like sphincters, everyone has one." - Chris Rangel
Examining the FDA: The Government Accountability Office checked out the FDA, and found them wanting when it comes to drug safety. This is perhaps the most worrisome finding:
The GAO also recommended that Congress consider expanding the FDA's authority to require drugmakers to conduct postmarket safety studies. The agency sometimes asks for such studies as a condition of approval, but from 1991 to 2003, only a quarter were completed, the report said.
Sorry, but 12 years should be long enough to do a post-market safety study. posted by Sydney on
4/25/2006 08:26:00 AM
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