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FDA To Fund Controversial Research Foundation : Shots ...
April 03, 2012 In 2007, Congress created a public-private foundation to support research of interest to the FDA. ... FDA To Fund Controversial Research Foundation. ...
A nonprofit foundation set up to support scientific research of
interest to the Food and Drug Administration is finally starting to take
off after years of struggling financially — and it's about to get some
long-promised funding from the FDA.
But some critics worry that this foundation, which will also raise money from private sources including industry, could provide a way for the food and medical industries to sway FDA decisions.
The Reagan-Udall Foundation was created by Congress back in 2007. "The foundation was formed because of some bipartisan interest in supporting the scientific mission of the FDA," says Mark McClellan, who was commissioner of the FDA under President George W. Bush and who now heads the foundation's board of directors...
http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2012/04/03/149931282/fda-to-fund-controversial-research-foundation
But some critics worry that this foundation, which will also raise money from private sources including industry, could provide a way for the food and medical industries to sway FDA decisions.
The Reagan-Udall Foundation was created by Congress back in 2007. "The foundation was formed because of some bipartisan interest in supporting the scientific mission of the FDA," says Mark McClellan, who was commissioner of the FDA under President George W. Bush and who now heads the foundation's board of directors...
http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2012/04/03/149931282/fda-to-fund-controversial-research-foundation
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