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FDA Doing Its Job?
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Tue, 11/08/2011
The FDA gleefully reported recently that over the past 12 months, they approved 35 new medicines, among the highest number of approvals in the past decade. They also reported that "The approvals come while drug safety standards have been maintained." And "The report shows faster approval times in the United States when compared to the FDA's counterparts around the globe."
Really? Does the FDA really think they have been maintaining safety standards and that it is a good thing to be faster at getting drugs to the market than the rest of the world? Does anyone still remember Vioxx or Avandia or any number of other drugs that have been withdrawn from the market for safety reasons?
The New York Times reported that the higher numbers were made possible by money from the drug industry to hire more reviewers and new procedures to streamline clinical trials and expedited approvals. What a suprise that is ! The drug companies are involved in the FDA's business? As usual, the fox is guarding the hen house.
It is interesting to note that the drug companies put their money into getting their products approved and to market, instead of funding to make sure they are safe before and after they get to market. Its been my experience that the drug companies want to be the first in the market with a drug, and then string the results of the clinical safety trials out until their patent expires and they are out of the market.
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