An Interesting FDA Story

[kristin]

I found this posted on the comments of an article posted in the news section:
NEJM -- The FDA and the Case of Ketek

My apologies if it's been already posted, but I hadn't read it.

Things that make you go hmmmm....

 

[voltaire]

Interesting, it reads almost like a parallel to the gross negligence/collusion of the SEC enabling Bernie Madoff and others like him to run their blatant scams at the expense of the public. The same agencies that are tasked and funded to protect the public, are instead aligning themselves with those that they are supposed to be regulating, and against those they are supposed to be representing.

I'm far from a conspiracy theorist, but there's some really ominous stuff going on. And in the end, it's really our fault for letting them get away with it. The average citizen can't even be bothered to vote anymore, so the corporations and their lobbyists have stepped in to fill that power vacuum.

 

[arkansas500]

Guys, I'm a new member. How can I create a new thread? I click the "create thread" button and I'm told I do not have permissions or I'm not logged in (which obviously I am). I know this has nothing to do with your discussion in this thread.

Is there a moderator I can email directly?

 

[ShayDwight]

Guys, I'm a new member. How can I create a new thread? I click the "create thread" button and I'm told I do not have permissions or I'm not logged in (which obviously I am). I know this has nothing to do with your discussion in this thread.

Is there a moderator I can email directly?

You are not allowed to make a new thread outside of the New Members Forum until you have at least 15 posts.

 

[jj2]

Guys, I'm a new member. How can I create a new thread? I click the "create thread" button and I'm told I do not have permissions or I'm not logged in (which obviously I am). I know this has nothing to do with your discussion in this thread.

Is there a moderator I can email directly?

You neede 15 post before you can start a thread.

 

[Vicks Vap-oh-Yeah]

Hehehe.... and I just PM'd him to let him know the same thing.....

Ask, and ye shall receive, eh?

 

[chrisl317]

I found this posted on the comments of an article posted in the news section:
NEJM -- The FDA and the Case of Ketek

My apologies if it's been already posted, but I hadn't read it.

Things that make you go hmmmm....

Why doesn't this surprise me?

 

[Shortstuff116]

Why doesn't this surprise me?

Ditto...

I knew that once the FDA requested the manufacturer to conduct their own independent study - the joke is on and credibility just went out the window at the FDA. Sure, just keep those checks coming and I'll prove or disprove anything you want.

Trust no one.

 

[pianoguy]

Well if that article doesn't give everyone the warm & fuzzies about the FDA, I don't know what will

 

[Bogalu]

Its crap like the FDA's blatant negligence and disregard for it own citizens that its put in place not just to protect but to SERVE the US citizens with our OWN money. I mean working for the Government myself at least I know the agency I work for isn't pulling the same sorry tactics that the FDA is.

The crap the FDA is pulling is the exact reason people so eagerly distrust their government... and the sorry thing is, they have good reason to thanks the the FDA.

 

[arkansas500]

Thanks Guys. I guess that keeps out the spammers...or at least thins them out.

 

[C-kool Dad '09]

AND they just missed 'their own' self imposed deadline (for the 3rd time) on a ruling for BPA (plastic bottles & safety of human consumption of contents).