Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Liars and Criminals

It's not bad enough that the medical device companies lie to the FDA...
The FDA is complicit in the process.
And when they get called out- they cover it up.

FDA Accused of Spying on Staff Over Complaints to Congress
U.S. Food and Drug Administration employees accused the agency spying on staff members who told lawmakers it was improperly approving medical devices used to screen for cancer.
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The monitoring began three years ago, after nine FDA employees signed a letter to President Barack Obama’s transition team alleging government misconduct in the approval of medical devices, including an imaging device used to diagnose breast cancer, according to the filing. It was expanded in 2010 after the New York Times published an article in which FDA scientists criticized the device-approval process.

They are pushing through defective devices which conduct tests that are of dubious value in the first place.
And then they wonder why medicine is so expensive and everyone is still sick.