Comments on: FDA Review Info Unavailable For Popular Drugs

By: M. Black

M. Black — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 20:54:30 +0000

Didn’t Barry O’s first week in office include an Executive Memorandum DIRECTLY related to FOIA and his promise to light a fire under the heiny of the Attorney General to get rid of hold ups, and guilty-as-they-sound FDA officials pulling that “uuh, uuh, that’s confidential” bill$hit???

Could we replace our Attorney General with Beavis or Butthead? Please???

By: pharmavet

pharmavet — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 17:17:18 +0000

I find it ironic that FDA has given itself new powers to order companies to make changes to their safety labeling, while at the same time their antediluvian computer systems makes this a bark with no bite. This is one case where FDA should get a waiver to spend the money earmarked for this purpose on hiring exper outside private contractors to integrate its far-flung computer systems. Instead, the work will go to the lowest bidder, and once again the government will be penny-wise and pound foolish.

By: patrons99

patrons99 — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 16:26:54 +0000

Justice in MI: Well said! It’s probably wrong to broad brush diss the entire FDA. There are some VERY competent people there, who have a conscience, e.g. David Graham. It’s the system that needs repair. FDA Advisory meetings are really nothing more than “kangaroo courts” wherein the real decisions have already been made. There’s a revolving door policy between FDA and pharma. There’s currently a drug safety crisis in this country. Pharma owns most of the blame. FDA owns some of the blame. It will require legislative reform to fix all of the ills in the current system (drug development and drug marketing). Regretably, pharma’s influence ($$$) is pervasive.

By: Justice in MI

Justice in MI — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 23:18:30 +0000

The problem with dissing the FDA is that it ends up supporting those mainly responsible: Congress that continues to underfund and underpower; Administrations that politicize the agency; and the various forms of regulatory take-over we’ve seen.

Yes, FDA has its own courtiers, and cowards. But, at core, dissing FDA is like blaming the door because a rapist walked through it.

By: bill inpa

bill inpa — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 18:46:04 +0000

fda is a joke

By: Steve

Steve — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 14:02:59 +0000

I just have to say I really hate this new font you’re using.

By: JaT

JaT — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 00:33:27 +0000

For awhile we were reclaiming information that was cached. Those cached pages are pretty much gone but you might want to look into it.

By: patrons99

patrons99 — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 00:22:55 +0000

Sounds a lot like evidence tampering, doesn’t it? It should be a federal crime. Motive, means, and opportunity. Probably even an agreement. Perhaps, one of the attorneys amongst us might care to comment.

By: Elaine

Elaine — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 00:16:03 +0000

Some of what we were working on was replaced with acknowledgement (like it was a good thing?) that the newly linked info was written with the help of the manufacturer. Oh my.

By: JaT

JaT — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 00:07:06 +0000

I noticed that too, Elaine. Had to search again for information as it was all moved. Much harder to find the items. Some had been “updated”. Don’t believe it was an accident that original dates were replaced with the dates of the updates. At least I couldn’t find the original dates on them anymore. Maybe I just missed it. Timelines being of vital importance…