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user-inactivated · 3024 days ago · link · · parent · post: DOJ Finally Going To Force Law Enforcement Agencies To Hand Over Info On People Killed By Police Officers
This is true, though you elide the pressure in the other direction. The FDA, like every regulatory body that depends on specialized knowledge only available in the industry it's regulating, is subject to regulatory capture. It could only be trustworthy by having an antagonistic relationship with the drug industry, and that's not going to happen because those are the regulator's peers. The public is right to be suspicious of any decision favoring the industry that turns out to have been a bad one.The stated purpose of the FDA is to protect the public health. But the incentives are different.