1 Big Pharma is part of the nation’s well-organized crime
2 Until “corporate titans are forced to fork over a much larger proportion of their illegally-gotten profits and are put behind bars, nothing will change.”
Imagine Insider's shock when this comment was posted:
I'll second that. Plus as an FDA reviewer I've got hard evidence (documents) to prove racketeering and insider trading by dozens of FDA officials including at the very highest levels. Unfortunately FDA management has written regs so that you can't release anything publicly and going to the Inspector General or the Office of Special Counsel or even Congress is complete waste of time.
OIG and OSC either don't have the expertise or won't even look at things and then no matter what decides not to pursue things. As for Congress who knows what their motivations and how long they will wait until the time is politically expedient for them if ever. In the meantime we reviewers are harassed and threatened. As the FDA reviewer letter to President Obama states we have a situation where the honest reviewers are afraid of the dishonest ones.
An FDA Reviewer
2 comments:
Congress responds (at least partially) to public opinion. These documents need to make their way into the public domain. There are several web-sites that would host them if they were submitted anonymously, and which are monitored by the main-stream press, Pharmagossip being one of them. Jobs would be at risk, but there comes a point where public health is more important than one's own security.
Thank you very much for bringing attention to my post.
For much more detail please see the series of comments I made 1 year ago on pharmalot at
http://www.pharmalot.com/2008/09/fda-touts-its-recruiting-drive-but-will-it-work/
An FDA Reviewer
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