April 26, 2006
FDA Experts' Conflicts of Interest
Posted at April 26, 2006 9:19 AM in Drug Products
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As a governmental oversight agency, it should be appalling that the FDA uses experts who have financial interests in the drugs and products about which they provide expert testimony. Yet, in a study conducted by the consumer group Public Citizen, that is exactly what is happening. How can any expert provide unbiased testimony about a product in which they've bought stock or have some financial interest? That's not true oversight, but profiteering at the expense of the consumer.
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