FDA Under Fire for Corporate that Compromise Science

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FDA Under Fire for Corporate Links that Compromise Science

Sun, 3 Sep 2006 13:27:45 +0100 (BST)

 

 

 

 

 

 

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FDA Under Fire for Corporate Links that Compromise Science

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Political interference in the process of science and rampant

conflicts of interest in scientific advisory panels are

undermining the agency's ability to protect the public from

dangerous drugs. Sam Burcher

 

FDA under fire from its own scientists The FDA is already

deeply mired in controversy over drugs trials in Third World

countries [1] (FDA in Third World drug trial scandals , this

issue) The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) has fanned

the fires by releasing the results of a survey that

demonstrates the pervasive political influence on science at

the FDA [2].

 

The survey was sent to 5 918 FDA scientists and elicited 997

replies. Almost one fifth of scientists (18.4 percent) said

that they " have been asked for non-scientific reasons to

inappropriately exclude, or alter technical information or

their conclusions in FDA scientific documents. "

 

 

 

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