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Re:A critique of trends in tech by tim333 on Thursday April 27, 2017 @10:14PM (#14216430)
I think it's the pharmaceutical industry that would prefer you give them money, not the FDA which is government funded.

Admittedly some in the FDA are probably protecting the pharma industry.

Re:A critique of trends in tech by jessaustin on Thursday April 27, 2017 @10:34PM (#14216505)
"More than a quarter of the Food and Drug Administration employees who approved cancer and hematology drugs from 2001 through 2010 left the agency and now work or consult for pharmaceutical companies..." [0]

Of course some naive person might demand some sort of smoking-gun admission of collusion or whatever...

[0] http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/09/28/49569455...

Re:A critique of trends in tech by tim333 on Saturday April 29, 2017 @01:17AM (#14225166)
Ah I see your point.