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FDA Preemption Policy Driven By Politics, Not Science

By Brian Wolfman

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Rep. Henry Waxman's Oversight and Government Reform Committee, using internal FDA documents, issued a devastating report yesterday demonstrating that the FDA was driven by political considerations, not science, in seeking preemption of state-law personal-injury claims involving defective and inadequately labeled prescription drugs. More on this important development later . . . .

Full post as published by CL&P Blog on October 30, 2008 (boomark / email).

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