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Did they really say that?
Yes! It’s in my editorial:
https://hpathy.com/editorials/editorial-the-fda-protecting-the-public/
Very Cute! And not far from the truth!
The FDA is run by fools who were never elected by the American people. I have to wonder how much they are paid by Big Pharma to try to bury the competition.
Linda, this question is actually answerable! Apparently the answer is 75%:
“Caroline Chen of ProPublica has written a provocative article challenging the objectivity of the FDA in its approval of new drugs. Entitled: ‘FDA Repays Industry by Rushing Risky Drugs to Market’, Chen contends that the agency is beholden to the biopharmaceutical industry which pays three quarters of the FDA’s budget used for the drug review process. This is an astounding number. Is any other federal agency supported to this extent by the industry it regulates? Given this level of support, one might assume that the FDA would bend over backwards to meet the needs of its financial backers.”
https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnlamattina/2018/06/28/the-biopharmaceutical-industry-provides-75-of-the-fdas-drug-review-budget-is-this-a-problem/#78335e0949ec