There is a war between Big Pharma and the American people … and the FDA just chose to side with Big Pharma
by: Daniel Barker
NaturalNews.com
Sunday, March 20, 2016
Big Pharma has just scored a big victory with the appointment of Robert Califf as new head of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The fact that there were only four votes in the Senate opposing Califf’s confirmation – in spite of his deep ties to the pharmaceutical industry – is a clear illustration of just how far the influence of big drug manufacturers reaches in Washington.
As Mike Adams, the Health Ranger and founder of Natural News wrote:
“The FDA has now officially been completely captured by the pharmaceutical industry. With the confirmation of pharma insider Robert Califf as the new head of the FDA, America can look forward to many years of FDA malfeasance in conspiracy with pharmaceutical manufacturers to cover up the deadly side effects of drugs like Vioxx, all while using the full power of the federal government to intimidate, censor and criminalize natural product companies.”
Califf’s ties to the pharmaceutical industry are indeed formidable; he has accepted money from no less than 23 different drug companies, and his stance is clear: “Many of us consult with the pharmaceutical industry, which I think is a very good thing.”
New evidence regarding the inappropriateness of Califf’s appointment has just been made public. From The Legal Examiner:
“Several thousand injured plaintiffs have filed personal injury and product liability claims against Johnson & Johnson and Bayer over the safety of its anti-clotting drug Xarelto.
“Now plaintiffs claim that a letter published in The New England Journal of Medicine and written primarily by researchers at Duke University deliberately left out critical laboratory data. They claim the companies were complicit by staying silent, helping deceive the editors while the companies provided the very same data to regulators in the United States and Europe. …
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