Feeling Safer Yet?
Jul 22nd, 2006 at 1:06 pm by Susie
The FDA: Business as usual. In a survey of 997 FDA scientists, the responses weren’t encouraging.
One hundred eighty three scientists in this sample reported they “have been asked, for non-scientific reasons, to inappropriately exclude or alter technical information or their conclusions in a FDA scientific document.”
There’s more.
The survey also revealed other compelling points of concern:
* 61 percent of the respondents knew of cases where “Department of Health and Human Services or FDA political appointees have inappropriately injected themselves into FDA determinations or actions.”
* Only 47 percent think the “FDA routinely provides complete and accurate information to the public.”
* 81 percent agreed that the “public would be better served if the independence and authority of FDA post-market safety systems were strengthened.”
* 70 percent disagree with the statement that FDA has sufficient resources to perform effectively its mission of “protecting public health*and helping to get accurate science-based information they need to use medicines and foods to improve their health.” (UCS Press Release)
