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To: hadit2here; Pharmboy

If FDA had taken private property without just compensation we would be (rightly) complaining. Certainly there is no way the Agency can inspect every one of the hundreds of thousands facilities within their jurisdiction. What happened is regrettable but understandable given the sweeping scope of the FDA’s mission and their limited resources. Should they have inspected the PCA facility? Probably. However, hindsight is 20/20.


17 posted on 02/03/2009 3:21:05 PM PST by aposiopetic
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To: aposiopetic
Well, the food inspection and the drug part of the FDA are separate, so I cannot speak at all about this aspect of their job. Although I am in the (evil) pharma industry, I often find myself in the position of actually defending the FDA...they have a REALLY hard job. Why?

Well, if they don't approve drugs fast enough, they are blamed for holding up medical advances; when they DO approve drugs after they've been tested in 4,000 or so patients (or even 2,000) and then after they are on the market 1 in 40,000 has a bad reaction, they are blamed! Sorry, but they cannot win...

18 posted on 02/03/2009 3:33:59 PM PST by Pharmboy (Democrats lie because they must...)
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