Let me guess; you're a lawyer?
The pharmaceutical companies are trying to say that financially they can't produce them without complete legal indemnity.
I think the pharmaceutical companies are asking for protection from shark lawyers. Common sense will tell you that if you put a chemical in your body, there is potential for harm. What about chemotherapy? Should that be banned, since it is probably responsible for more deaths and hospitalizations than any other drug class? You specifically mention Phen-Fen. IIRC, there was a black box warning put on Redux when it was found that some patients developed PPH from it. If the patient understands the consequences, they should be allowed to decide for themselves whether they can take a med or not (the "Phen" in Phen-fen, Phentermine, is still on the market).
BTW, did you get your smallpox vaccine?
Yes, and I have the scar on my left arm to prove it (it's still visible after 42 years).
"Let me guess; you're a lawyer?"
Hey, them's fightin' words! ;-). Nope, not even close. I know lots of good lawyer jokes, though.
"Common sense will tell you that if you put a chemical in your body, there is potential for harm. What about chemotherapy? Should that be banned, since it is probably responsible for more deaths and hospitalizations than any other drug class?"
I agree completely, there are risks with every chemical you put in your body. But no one has tried to mandate forced chemotherapy treatments like they do for some vaccinations, either. So the research on vaccines needs to have even more integrity associated with it because of that fact.
"Yes, and I have the scar on my left arm to prove it (it's still visible after 42 years)."
Actually I was referring to the more recent version of the vaccine which was suddenly stopped after it apparently injured or killed several workers in the medical field.