Tuesday, June 07, 2005

Senator Releases Report Exposing FDA & Drug Companies

Conspiracy of Silence: How the FDA Allows Drug Companies to Abuse the Accelerated Approval Process

Download this document if you have time to read twenty-five compelling pages. Senator Edward Markey (D-MA) has put together a very concise report showing how medications are rapidly approved without adequate safety data. Markey's report also lists many of the medications with safety data still pending, even though they are being marketed to consumers (some as far back as 1996).

http://www.house.gov/markey/Issues/iss_health_rep050601.pdf

Steve

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