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Subject: fun and games at the FDA
From: "fresh~horses"
Date: 23 Sep 2005 20:42:51 -0700
Newsgroups: sci.med, talk.politics.medicine
Last month:
The head of the Agency of Women's Health at the FDA, Dr. Susan Wood,
resigned over the FDA's refusal to make the morning after pill OTC.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/31/AR2005083101271.html



Last week:
The FDA appointed a male veterinarian as acting director to fill Dr.
Susan Wood's position. Then, after flack from women's groups, they
unappointed him and denied they'd ever appointed him but... .
                                www.tompaine.com/print/fda_shenanigans.php">http://www.tompaine.com/print/fda_shenanigans.php
(follow links within)



Today:
The brand new still-wet-behind-the-ears head of the FDA abruptly
resigned.
                                nytimes.com/2005/09/24/politics/24fda.html?hp&ex=1127534400&en=0072cec972013931&ei=5094&partner=homepage">http://nytimes.com/2005/09/24/politics/24fda.html?hp&ex=1127534400&en=0072cec972013931&ei=5094&partner=homepage



It was the best of times. It was the worst of times.


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