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On the recordJanuary 27, 2016
It just strikes me that if we can correctly define the characteristics of the bad behavior that everybody on this committee sees and acknowledges exists, then going the long way around to trying to figure out how your drug approval process can resolve that problem is a very inefficient way to do it.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

Editor's note · Context

He criticizes the inefficiency of the drug approval process in addressing market manipulation.

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