Big Pharma and FDA: A Marriage Not Made in Heaven
In this excerpt from the new book Crony Capitalism in America 2008-2012, Hunter Lewis exposes the incestuous relationship between government and the drug industry.
In this excerpt from the new book Crony Capitalism in America 2008-2012, Hunter Lewis exposes the incestuous relationship between government and the drug industry.
A controversial bill concerning compounded drugs is little more than a smokescreen for a power grab by the pharmaceutical industry
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Millions rely on compounding pharmacies for natural hormones and other critical drugs. Will we lose them to a congressional/ FDA power play?
Agency begins its promised rewrite after a massive grassroots letter-writing campaign.
Even this limited action is taken only at industry request.
And who’s siding with Monsanto? Phony “food safety advocates” masquerading as political progressives.
In another outrageous power-grab, FDA says your own stem cells are drugs—and stem cell therapy is interstate commerce because it affects the bottom line of FDA-approved drugs in other states!
The USDA’s food safety wing may come under control of the FDA. This will mean more power, wider scope—and greater corruption.
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