How can we trust that the drugs will be safe or effective? Since Gates Foundation President Yamada is under investigation by Senator Grassley and Cong. DeLauro for his role in talking to Dr. John Buse about Avandia nearly a decade ago, obviously any money he doles out while at Gates must be considered tainted and therefore the results of any studies cannot be trusted. And if the orphan drug for sleeping sickness uses Critical Path steps developed by the Reagan Udall Foundation how do we know they actually are not steps that weaken standards of safety and efficacy to simply line the pockets of the company that the Gates Foundation gave the grant to? We all know that's what the Critical Path is all about: watering down standards so that foundations can give grants to companies who in turn can develop at cost an orphan drug that is neither safe or effective because it uses biomarkers.
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