An Independent FDA: An Idea Whose Time Is Still Coming
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
Despite strong support from six former agency commissioners, the notion of an FDA that is independent from HHS is likely to remain theoretical, at least for the near term.
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