FDA’s Role and Compassionate Use: Senate Hearing Raises Old Questions In New Context
This article was originally published in RPM Report
Executive Summary
FDA is subject to Congressional oversight from many different committees in the House and Senate. But Homeland Security isn’t usually one of them. Maybe that’s why some of the testimony felt about 15 years out of date.
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