End Drug Company Influence at the FDA!

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I just took action to make prescription drugs safer by

prohibiting physicians and scientists who received

money from drug companies from serving on FDA boards

that approve new drugs or determine their safety.

These conflicts undermine the safety of the medicines

we take each day.

Last month, the House of Representatives stood up to

the powerful drug lobby by approving a measure -- by

just eight votes -- that would help end drug company

influence at the Food and Drug Administration. A

similar measure will be up for a vote on the Senate

floor within days, but the drug companies and the FDA

are working hard to kill it.

Send a letter to your Senators asking them to pass the

House measure.

To send an email just like I did, please go to

Consumers Union's take-action page at

ttp://cu.convio.net/drug_company_influence