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A hidden danger for infants
Socialist Worker Online, IL - May 9, 2008
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Experts step up debate over health risks of some plastics What's next?
Nashua Telegraph, NH - May 10, 2008
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Environmental scientists report political interference
Chemistry World, UK - Apr 25, 2008
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Critics want chemical restricted; advocates say it?s safe
Press-Enterprise, CA - May 6, 2008
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Studies stir confusion on safety of plastics
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Lotronex and the FDA: a fatal erosion of integrity -
R Horton - The Lancet, 2001 - Elsevier
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Potential for Conflict of Interest in the Evaluation of Suspected Adverse Drug Reactions Use of … -
BM Psaty, CD Furberg, WA Ray, NS Weiss - JAMA, 2004 - Am Med Assoc
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Regulatory Agency Discretion among Competing Industries: Inside the FDA -
MK Olson - Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, 1995 - Oxford Univ Press
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Psychoactive Medication Prescribing Practices for US Children: Gaps Between Research and Clinical … -
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The impact of genetic modification of human foods in the 21st century A review -
SG Uzogara - Biotechnology Advances, 2000 - Elsevier
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Firm Characteristics and the Speed of FDA Approval -
MK Olson - Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, 1997 - Blackwell Synergy
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FDA Attempting To Overcome Major Roadblocks in Monitoring Drug Safety -
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Imported seabass as a source of mercury exposure: A Wisconsin case study -
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[BOOK] Science in the Private Interest
S Krimsky - 2003 - unil.ch
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Some US FDA scientists claim interference: survey

WASHINGTON - Fifteen percent of about 1,000 U.S. Food and Drug Administration scientists say they have been wrongly asked to withhold or alter information or their conclusions in agency documents, according to a survey released on Thursday by an advocacy group.

The liberal-leaning Union of Concerned Scientists said the results were further evidence of interference with science at federal agencies. But an FDA spokeswoman dismissed the findings, saying they were "based on leading questions and innuendo."

The group sent questionnaires to nearly 6,000 FDA scientists. Of the 997 who responded anonymously, 15 percent said they had been "asked, for non-scientific reasons, to inappropriately exclude or alter technical information or my conclusions in an FDA scientific document."

"That number should be zero," said Francesca Grifo, head of the group's scientific integrity program.

Seventeen percent said they had been asked by FDA officials "to provide incomplete, inaccurate or misleading information to the public, regulated industry, media or elected/senior government officials."

Forty percent said they feared retaliation if they voiced concerns about product safety in public. Two FDA scientists have publicly stated in recent years that their concerns about medicines were downplayed or dismissed by superiors. Another top FDA women's health official resigned to protest what she said was political interference with science. FDA spokeswoman Susan Bro called the survey a "counter-productive exercise based on leading questions and innuendo." "For centuries, science has depended on rigorous and disciplined processes to distill truth from exploration and debate. These principles above all others guide our daily work at the FDA on behalf of the American public health," she said. The agency regulates about one-quarter of the U.S. economy, including drugs, medical devices, most foods and other products. The survey was co-sponsored by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, a group created to promote environmental ethics and accountability.

In a 2002 survey by the Department of Health and Human Services inspector general, about 20 percent of FDA scientists said they were pressured to approve or recommend approval of a medicine despite reservations about risks or effectiveness.

California to lend stem-cell center up to $150 mln

SAN FRANCISCO - California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger moved on Thursday to provide his state's voter approved stem-cell research institute with a loan of up to $150 million.

The governor's decision came after President George W. Bush vetoed a bill to expand federal funding of embryonic stem-cell research. The loan will come from California's general fund and will support grants for medical research involving stem cells, which many researchers believe can be used to develop treatments and cures for various diseases, including Alzheimer's disease. "We anticipate a couple of months at most before the money would go out the door," said H.D. Palmer, a spokesman for California's Department of Finance.

The money will help the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine fund initial research grants.

Voters backed the institute's creation in 2004 by passing a statewide debt measure giving it the power to sell up to $3 billion in state general obligation bonds to finance stem-cell research. The debt authority has faced a stiff challenge in state court. Earlier this year, a local judge backed the authority but that decision has been appealed, holding the institute back from issuing debt of up to $300 million annually. The state's loan would help augment the institute's bond anticipation note program so that it could sell up to $200 million in notes until the court challenge is resolved.

"It allows us to get through the litigation," said Robert Klein, the institute's chairman.

The institute currently has approximately $50 million in bond anticipation notes backed by philanthropists and private foundations. "We've closed on $14 million," Klein said. "We have $30 million more in the process of closing."

Klein said Schwarzenegger's office initiated the loan when it become clear on Wednesday that President Bush would veto the bill to expand federal funding for stem-cell research.

PUTTING CALIFORNIA IN RESEARCH VANGUARD

Bush said the bill would have compelled taxpayers to fund the "deliberate destruction of human embryos" for stem-cell research. Stem cells may be harvested from embryos.

"Crossing this line would be a grave mistake and would needlessly encourage a conflict between science and ethics that can only do damage to both and harm our nation as a whole," Bush said in his veto statement.

Bush and Schwarzenegger are both Republicans but disagree on whether stem-cell research should include cells from embryos, reflecting a division within the Republican Party and, more broadly, in U.S. society about abortion rights.

Schwarzenegger during a speech on Wednesday in San Francisco, said he wants California to be a leader in the research in part because his father-in-law, Sargent Shriver, has Alzheimer's disease.

"This is our response to what the federal government is not doing," Palmer said. "The governor wants to move aggressively forward on stem-cell research."

California Treasurer Phil Angelides, a Democrat aiming to unseat Schwarzenegger in November, said the loan is an election year stunt. Angelides issued a statement criticizing the Hollywood icon for helping President Bush win reelection.

 
 
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