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The FDA's identity crisis

Posted by Ishani Ganguli

[Entry posted at 17th May 2006 08:17 PM GMT]

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On its hundredth birthday, the Food and Drug Administration is having a bit of an identity crisis. The FDA has long been conflicted as to whether it is primarily a regulatory or a scientific entity, said Peter Barton Hutt, former chief counsel for ...

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