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Tue Jan 26, 2016, 09:27 PM Jan 2016

Bernie's On The Right Side Of The FDA Commissioner Nomination Hold......

Check out this article at the link:http://www.mddionline.com/blog/devicetalk/industry-takeover-fda-12-15-15

It is titled: An Industry Takeover At The FDA?

Here's an excerpt from:

Califf, it complained, “participated in at least one high-level strategy meeting with the industry regarding these efforts. No one from the FDA should ever have been involved in such a process, which violates the most elementary ethical standards...

“In response to this outrageous news, the U.S. Senate should, at minimum, halt consideration of Dr. Califf’s nomination until it has an opportunity to investigate fully exactly what occurred. We believe that news of Dr. Califf’s participation in this collusion with industry provides still further evidence that his nomination should be rejected.”

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