Pharmaceutical firms paid to attend meetings of panel that advises FDA
A scientific panel that shaped the federal government’s policy for testing the safety and effectiveness of painkillers was funded by major pharmaceutical companies that paid hundreds of thousands of dollars for the chance to affect the thinking of the Food and Drug Administration, according to hundreds of e-mails obtained by a public records request.So, until proven otherwise let's assume those crooks at Jazz and Cephalon paid for their approvals too. The safety(not) and efficacy(poor) and addictive qualities(high) of their drugs certainly rival Oxycontin. Not to mention the gluten in Provigil actually made my symptoms worse...
