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[Guest guest]

Lawyers who want to sue drug companies will be drooling over the news

that the FDA has “certified” a 2009 letter sent anonymously by FDA

staff to President Obama describing “systemic corruption and

wrongdoing that permeates all levels of FDA.”

http://industry.bnet.com/pharma/10007170/fda-corruption-letter-authenticated-lawyers-start-your-engines/

FDA " Corruption " Letter Authenticated: Lawyers, Start

Your Engines!By Jim | Mar 12, 2010

Lawyers who want to sue drug companies will be drooling over the news

that the FDA has “certified” a 2009 letter sent anonymously by FDA

staff to President Obama describing “systemic corruption and

wrongdoing that permeates all levels of FDA.”

The FDA’s official recognition of

the letter

http://i.bnet.com/blogs/cert-fda-letter-to-the-president-4-2-09-and-trans-team-1-7-09.pdf?tag=content;selector-perfector

means that lawyers who want to use it to demonstrate that the FDA isn’t

perfect won’t have to go through weeks of tedious discovery demands to

find someone at the FDA who can officially say, “Yup, we sent that.”

That’s going to be a headache for drug companies who often defend their

drugs in court by saying, “Hey, the FDA said this product was fine and we

did everything they asked ­ so it’s not fair to hold us

responsible.”

Plaintiffs’ lawyers can now hold up the letter in court and argue that

drug companies have been on notice that the FDA is riddled with politics,

conflicts of interest and outright corruption, and is, as the letter

says, “fundamentally broken.”

The letter made headlines when

it was

sent last year to Podesta

of

Obama’s transition team.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123142562104564381.html

Written by a group of scientists on FDA letter head ­ but

with their names blacked out for fear of retaliation ­ the

letter describes a nightmare of bungling and self-dealing among

higher-ups at the drug safety agency. It begs Obama to step in and reform

the shop:

… many other FDA managers who have failed to protect the American

public, who have violated laws, rules, and regulations, who have

suppressed or altered scientific or technological findings and

conclusions, who have abused their power and authority, and who have

engaged in illegal retaliation against those who speak out, have not been

held accountable and remain in place.

The letter cites three dark chapters in FDA history:

Former chief von Eschenbach’s interference with the

approval of a knee device. The approval of a breast cancer detection device by director of the

Office of Device Evaluation Donna-Bea Tillman even though all FDA

experts voted against it, following a phone call from Connecticut

congressman Shays. And the approval by Schultz of a medical device that

prevents tissue scarring against the unanimous opinion of his scientific

staff.

According to Doug

Kriese, who sues drug companies, “Consumers have been given a

slight fighting chance now against [the] ‘FDA Defense,’ based on this

certification.”

Still unanswered: Who wrote the thing.

Sheri Nakken, R.N., MA, Hahnemannian

Homeopath

Vaccination Information & Choice Network, Washington State, USA

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http://vaccinationdangers.wordpress.com/ Homeopathy

http://homeopathycures.wordpress.com

Vaccine Dangers, Childhood Disease Classes & Homeopathy

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[Guest guest]

Lawyers who want to sue drug companies will be drooling over the news

that the FDA has “certified” a 2009 letter sent anonymously by FDA

staff to President Obama describing “systemic corruption and

wrongdoing that permeates all levels of FDA.”

http://industry.bnet.com/pharma/10007170/fda-corruption-letter-authenticated-lawyers-start-your-engines/

FDA " Corruption " Letter Authenticated: Lawyers, Start

Your Engines!By Jim | Mar 12, 2010

Lawyers who want to sue drug companies will be drooling over the news

that the FDA has “certified” a 2009 letter sent anonymously by FDA

staff to President Obama describing “systemic corruption and

wrongdoing that permeates all levels of FDA.”

The FDA’s official recognition of

the letter

http://i.bnet.com/blogs/cert-fda-letter-to-the-president-4-2-09-and-trans-team-1-7-09.pdf?tag=content;selector-perfector

means that lawyers who want to use it to demonstrate that the FDA isn’t

perfect won’t have to go through weeks of tedious discovery demands to

find someone at the FDA who can officially say, “Yup, we sent that.”

That’s going to be a headache for drug companies who often defend their

drugs in court by saying, “Hey, the FDA said this product was fine and we

did everything they asked ­ so it’s not fair to hold us

responsible.”

Plaintiffs’ lawyers can now hold up the letter in court and argue that

drug companies have been on notice that the FDA is riddled with politics,

conflicts of interest and outright corruption, and is, as the letter

says, “fundamentally broken.”

The letter made headlines when

it was

sent last year to Podesta

of

Obama’s transition team.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123142562104564381.html

Written by a group of scientists on FDA letter head ­ but

with their names blacked out for fear of retaliation ­ the

letter describes a nightmare of bungling and self-dealing among

higher-ups at the drug safety agency. It begs Obama to step in and reform

the shop:

… many other FDA managers who have failed to protect the American

public, who have violated laws, rules, and regulations, who have

suppressed or altered scientific or technological findings and

conclusions, who have abused their power and authority, and who have

engaged in illegal retaliation against those who speak out, have not been

held accountable and remain in place.

The letter cites three dark chapters in FDA history:

Former chief von Eschenbach’s interference with the

approval of a knee device. The approval of a breast cancer detection device by director of the

Office of Device Evaluation Donna-Bea Tillman even though all FDA

experts voted against it, following a phone call from Connecticut

congressman Shays. And the approval by Schultz of a medical device that

prevents tissue scarring against the unanimous opinion of his scientific

staff.

According to Doug

Kriese, who sues drug companies, “Consumers have been given a

slight fighting chance now against [the] ‘FDA Defense,’ based on this

certification.”

Still unanswered: Who wrote the thing.

Sheri Nakken, R.N., MA, Hahnemannian

Homeopath

Vaccination Information & Choice Network, Washington State, USA

Vaccines -

http://vaccinationdangers.wordpress.com/ Homeopathy

http://homeopathycures.wordpress.com

Vaccine Dangers, Childhood Disease Classes & Homeopathy

Online/email courses - next classes start March 24, March 31, & April

1