When Drug Reviewers Leave The FDA, They Often Work For Pharma

(By Syndney Lupkin for Kaiser Health News)

More than a quarter of the Food and Drug Administration employees who approved cancer and hematology drugs from 2001 through 2010 left the agency and now work or consult for pharmaceutical companies, according to research published by a prominent medical journal Tuesday. Continue reading article here…..

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