The quandary that is called the FDA.(Guest Editorial)(United States, Food and Drug Administration)(Editorial)

Publication: Skin & Allergy News

Publication Date: 01-MAR-05

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In the wake of the Vioxx scandal, the Food and Drug Administration has suddenly become the whipping boy of both the press and Congress, a combination that is certainly hard to beat. A feeding frenzy has erupted, with charges coming from inside and outside the agency.

I, too, have been critical of the FDA at times and have expressed concern about some of its premature decisions and lack of postapproval surveillance of drugs. Nevertheless, let's place some of the blame where it should be placed; there is enough to go around. The FDA, created in 1906 as part of...

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