Do you have the necessary authorities and resources to see to it that drugs are only imported from facilities overseas that are properly observing good manufacturing practices--tha...
Do you have the authority to control the safety of raw materials or imported pharmaceuticals?
Do you have the ability to fully control the safety of imported pharmaceuticals, yes or no?
Do you have the resources needed to conduct foreign drug-facility inspections with the same frequency as domestic drug-facility inspections?
Do you have the ability to see to it that raw-materials suppliers also engage in good manufacturing practices abroad?
How often can you get by to see a foreign drug manufacturer?
Well, maybe we ought to fire the damned Commission if they can't come to a decision on these matters or give them more money.
That is a very real problem, isn't it?
Mr. Chairman, you are most courteous. I thank you for having this hearing, and I appreciate your concern for the questions before us.
So it hurts most everybody involved?
If our intention here is to focus on process reform, I would urge you to be done deliberately, transparently, and with adequate participatio...