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Elizabeth Warren: “Many in the pharmaceutical and device industry spend a lot of time and money arguing that the FDA is just too tough…”

On the recordNovember 16, 2015
Many in the pharmaceutical and device industry spend a lot of time and money arguing that the FDA is just too tough, that we should lower the FDA standards on safety and effectiveness, and, unfortunately, they have a lot of friends in Congress.
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Elizabeth Warren
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Warren highlights industry pressure to lower FDA standards and its political influence.

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