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Jeff Merkley: “It just kind of defies logic, and so I want to ask the question again. Why did the FDA decide to do away with advisory…”

On the recordMarch 1, 2016
It just kind of defies logic, and so I want to ask the question again. Why did the FDA decide to do away with advisory panels on these dangerous drugs?
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Jeff Merkley
Democratic · Oregon

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Merkley questions the FDA's decision-making regarding opioid approvals.

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