"I agree with ER, these are not RFK Jr's ideas..."
I have no problem in admitting I was giving WormBrain more credit than he may deserve at this time, but it seems to me that any real clean up of the FDA would need to include dissolving the incestuous financial relationship between the FDA and drug makers. Money is motivation no matter how many times it's denied, we're America for hell sakes! But removing drug makers' money would mean replacing it from somewhere else and when contemplating tax breaks for those who don't need them that may be a political bridge too far.
Here are a couple more articles to help cleanse our intellectual palates on what Kennedy may, or may not, do while in his proposed position. You might note that he appears to have a problem with emergency use.
RFK Jr vow to purge FDA sets up collision with Big Pharma
Reuters
https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-p...024-11-15/
Nov 15, 2024 — Any changes Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wants to make will come up against a pharmaceutical industry that pays much of the U.S. Food and Drug .
RFK Jr. Says He Wants To Untie Links Between Industry ...
Forbes
https://www.forbes.com/sites/joshuacohen/2024...y-and-fda/
Dec 4, 2024 — “FDA's war on public health is about to end,” Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wrote on X just prior to the November election. “If you work for the FDA ...
I have no problem in admitting I was giving WormBrain more credit than he may deserve at this time, but it seems to me that any real clean up of the FDA would need to include dissolving the incestuous financial relationship between the FDA and drug makers. Money is motivation no matter how many times it's denied, we're America for hell sakes! But removing drug makers' money would mean replacing it from somewhere else and when contemplating tax breaks for those who don't need them that may be a political bridge too far.
Here are a couple more articles to help cleanse our intellectual palates on what Kennedy may, or may not, do while in his proposed position. You might note that he appears to have a problem with emergency use.
RFK Jr vow to purge FDA sets up collision with Big Pharma
Reuters
https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-p...024-11-15/
Nov 15, 2024 — Any changes Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wants to make will come up against a pharmaceutical industry that pays much of the U.S. Food and Drug .
RFK Jr. Says He Wants To Untie Links Between Industry ...
Forbes
https://www.forbes.com/sites/joshuacohen/2024...y-and-fda/
Dec 4, 2024 — “FDA's war on public health is about to end,” Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wrote on X just prior to the November election. “If you work for the FDA ...
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