As if there wasn't already ample evidence that the FDA approval process for drugs and medical devices is broken (Vioxx, anyone?), this New York Times article provides a cherry on top. With all of the attention paid to the healthcare debate, perhaps we should widen the discussion a bit more to include a conversation about how to end the practice of politics influencing life and death decisions in the FDA approval process.
This is another prime example of the government failing to execute one of its most fundamental and basic functions, that of ensuring the health and safety of citizen-patients.
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