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August 4, 2007 at 10:56:48

Avandia's Real Warning Should Be About FDA And Pharma Symbiosis

by Martha Rosenberg Page 2 of 2 page(s)

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But finally, pulling a drug after approval just casts light on the approval process itself which is teeming with conflicts of interest. Ninety-two percent of FDA advisory meetings in the last decade included a member with financial ties to drug companies according to USA Today--the FDA calls them sponsors--and federal law against using experts with financial conflicts of interest was waived 800 times.

Too bad THAT can't be on the warning label.

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