Marty Phee wrote: > >>They chose a paid consultant to Glaxo to serve with an > >>advisory committee that recommended approval of the drug. > >Who do you think advises the govt on many critical issues? Many govt >organizations who make decisions for us have corporations on the boards.
You don't say, well I never, whatever next. :-/ Keith > >Keith Addison wrote: > > >http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/updates2/lat_lotronex001102.htm > >Thursday, November 2, 2000 > > > >FDA Minimized Issue of Lotronex's Safety > > Health: Times study finds officials sided with drug maker on > >regulatory concerns. Agency reevaluation is underway. > > > >By DAVID WILLMAN, Times Staff Writer > > > > WASHINGTON--In the drug's first eight months on the market, five > >people who took it died. Several others underwent bowel > >surgeries--one had a colon removed. A total of 49 patients developed > >ischemic colitis, a potentially life-threatening complication. > > As a result, the Food and Drug Administration is now > >"reevaluating" the safety of Lotronex, a drug intended to treat women > >with a nonfatal disorder, irritable bowel syndrome. But a Los Angeles > >Times investigation of the FDA's handling of Lotronex found that over > >the last year agency officials repeatedly played down questions about > >the drug's safety while siding with the manufacturer, Glaxo Wellcome > >Inc., in important regulatory decisions. _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
