FDA: a prescription for Big Pharma profits

Or... It's lots of fun to criticize Government regulation and "trial lawyers", that is, until you need them to protect you from the excesses of corporate greed and actuarial cost/benefit calculations.

from Robert Reich in the latest American Prospect:

So we've got an FDA that's not protecting consumers from harm, and pending legislation that makes it almost impossible for people who are hurt by drugs approved by the FDA to sue for damages. The question must be asked: How is the public going to be protected if the FDA remains weak and if private lawsuits are cut off?

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