FDA Preemption: Cosmic Debris

Lawyers and Settlements: - If You're new to the discussion - has an overview of the antipsychotic problem.


"The Oil Of Aphrodite, and The Dust Of The Grand Wazoo."

FDA Aims To Hire 1,300

Of FDA's $2.2 Billion annual budget only $1.7 Billion is Govt funding and the remaining $500,000,000.00 is from Industry "User Fees".

Are We the Only ones noting the Half a $ Billion Dollar Conflict Of Interest here?

Take the $ Out of FDA's hands. Let Congress Re-Fund the FDA on the basis of FDA showing results in trade for TAX PAYER FUNDING: I.E. that FDA is Actually working for the Citizens it's Supposed to be working for, NOT the Industry Giants paying it a Direct Half Billion in Grease.

Stop charging Pharma "User Fees".

If One, single, red, blood drenched Cent trades hands between Pharma and FDA; send Both traders to prison, Period. If Anybody takes a Cent for Any reason Whatever, After their Govt. tenure; same deal: Prison. Then and Only then will the American people have Any chance of real accountability, and real protection.

Hiring 1,300 more of the Same is going to get us 1,300 more of the Same: who keep jiggling syntax in label changes to even Further expand Pharma's legally allowable Advertising gibberish.

BECAUSE:

When the stuff Finally wins FDA approval for the treatment of Dandruff: and it Kills your kid and you sue the makers, what you hear in Court will be:

"Your Honor; Our product is FDA approved for Dandruff, for Chrissakes. How the Hell could Our Dandruff SAFE Antipsychotic have possibly laid their child out Lead Pipe Stiff?"

"Case Dismissed."

In "Regular English": FDA is currently Taking The Money from Pharma; Half a $ Billion Bucks from Pharma. Cloak it in Any Bureaucratese you like. It's a $ Half Billion Dollar COI. Handing FDA 1,300 MORE employess, And Preemption, will Worsen the problem, because that's what it's Designed to do.

NIH blows $23 Billion a year, with No Oversight regarding WHAT it's wasted on. (NYT 1/19/08) Transfer the Half Billion lost in FDA Industry "User Fees" out of the NIH budget. Then perhaps we can force even the FDA itself to speak "Regular English" regarding antidepressants, and antipsychotics.

And to their prescribing Ideates, the Rest of us can offer up a hearty;

"Take Your Meditations, and Your Preparations, and Ram It Up Your, ..... "