Sunday, March 22, 2009

Split FDA into Separate Food Administration and Drug Administration?

According to this article in today's L.A. Times, pharmaceutical companies are quietly pushing to break up the FDA into separate entitites, in hopes of speedier drug approvals.  President Obama yesterday appointed a group to reassess the FDA, so there may be an opportunity for change.

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