FDA - Finding the cure

The FDA is a sick shadow of its former great self.

This is not just Insiders' view. It's also the view of the US Government Accountability Office, some within the FDA itself and increasing numbers of politicians and media observers.

http://pharmagossip.blogspot.com/2005/11/fdas-graham-blowin-in-wind.html

http://pharmagossip.blogspot.com/2005/11/plan-b-for-fda-science-before-politics.html

This stinging editorial from The New Jersey Star-Ledger (the "home base" for much of Big Pharma) is just another example of the call for change:

http://www.nj.com/opinion/ledger/editorials/index.ssf?/base/news-0/1132551812123170.xml&coll=1

So, what might be the cure?

Insiders view is straightforward. Standards and leadership are what it is all about.

Change must start at the top and work its way down the organization.