Rahm Emanuel wants a stand alone vote on drug importation. So do many erstwhile Republicans like Grassley who have made a mini-career terrorizing the public about the risks of unsafe drugs. How do they square their claim the FDA is unable to protect public against unsafe medicines with a GAO report that the FDA can event inspect the overseas facilities that would import the medicines that Grassley et al assert the FDA is in a position to certify as safe?
Audit: FDA hampered in review of imported drugs
"By Douglas Stanglin, USA TODAY
The Food and Drug Administration can't adequately inspect foreign drug manufacturers because its database is so outmoded it doesn't even know how many foreign firms are shipping drugs to the United States, a government watchdog group and former FDA officials told Congress on Thursday. "
Grassley and Emanuel couldn't be playing politics with drug safety? Neither could AARP or Consumers Union who lead the charge against Kennedy Enzi because it claimed it was too lax and who supports drug importation. Of course not!! The common theme of course: screw drug companies no matter what the impact on patients or the public health because it scores political points.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2007-11-01-fda-imports_N.htm
Audit: FDA hampered in review of imported drugs
"By Douglas Stanglin, USA TODAY
The Food and Drug Administration can't adequately inspect foreign drug manufacturers because its database is so outmoded it doesn't even know how many foreign firms are shipping drugs to the United States, a government watchdog group and former FDA officials told Congress on Thursday. "
Grassley and Emanuel couldn't be playing politics with drug safety? Neither could AARP or Consumers Union who lead the charge against Kennedy Enzi because it claimed it was too lax and who supports drug importation. Of course not!! The common theme of course: screw drug companies no matter what the impact on patients or the public health because it scores political points.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2007-11-01-fda-imports_N.htm
