Word: fda
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These GOP legislators are fighting to ensure that the middle class has access to dirty water, filthy air, cancer-causing substances and dangerous workplaces. For too long, regulatory bodies such as the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have barred the middle class from enjoying pollution and various health hazards...
Then there is the FDA, which has continually stood between the American people and untested pharmaceutical products. The FDA recently proposed that simple and comprehensive information sheets be included with every new prescription drug. Although the agency estimates that the nation spends $20 billion dollars every year treating patients who fail to take their medicine properly or sustain serious side effects, their plan is nothing more than a regulatory yoke around the necks of the middle class. The FDA also spends months painstakingly testing new medicines--why not simply trust the drug companies to release safe and effective products directly...
...FDA also plans to crack down on teenage smokers, who currently spend $1.2 billion dollars per year on smoke-filled treats. Even though one million teenagers get hooked on cigarettes every year and one-third of them will eventually die as a result of their addiction, the heavy hand of government should not be meddling in the lucrative tobacco industry...
...competition. "Zantac on the market will be a significant competitor," says Robert Kniffin, vice president of Johnson & Johnson's external communications. "We shall see." (As if Zantac 75's entry were not enough, another candidate in the same acid-blocker category, Eli Lilly's Axid, has also won tentative FDA approval for over-the-counter sale...
...bigger bang provided by H2 antagonists worth the much bigger buck to the consumer? And does it justify the FDA's approval of over-the-counter versions? When the FDA discussed the issue, an analogy to over-the-counter arthritis medication was forcefully made: Just as some people need effective, readily available medicine for aches and pains, some people need similar medicine for heartburn...