If your take on the relationship between govt. regulators and industry is right, then the FDA will quickly grant Wyeth's petition. Be sure to ping me if that happens. It would be interesting to hear Wyeth's take on the issue, don't you think? Or, are all pharmaceuticals wretched and corrupt?
Just 60 years or so ago, the leading causes of death were typhoid, smallpox, tuberculosis, diphtheria, and diarrhea. Polio crippled and killed hundreds of thousands of children and infants in the 1940s. All of these diseases have been wiped out thanks to the "evil" drug companies, and now even the two remaining leading killers, heart disease and cancer, are being successfully combated by modern drugs and medical treatments. Half of all medical treatments in use today were invented in the last 25 years.
Is this the kind of behavior you're referring to? If touting this behavior makes me a shill, then I gladly accept your label. I didn't expect you to address the rest of my post since it's clear that, as I stated earlier, you're uniquely unqualified to be lecturing anyone about the relationship between the food and pharma industries and the FDA.
Hopefully, there are a few less people here who will buy into your tin foil in the future. I do look forward to sharing your views with those in the industry who you purport to know so well. They're really going to get a kick out of your take on all this.
Are you familiar with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation?