Healthy Skepticism Library item: 8996

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Publication type: report

Nissen, SE
Oral and Written Testimony Before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
Washington, DC: US House of Representatives 2007 Feb 13
http://web.archive.org/web/20090326012158/http://energycommerce.house.gov/cmte_mtgs/110-oi-hrg.021207.Nissen-testimony.pdf

Keywords:
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Notes:

“…We face a crisis in public confidence in the FDA following an unprecedented series of revelations about drug and device safety. The American people no longer trust the FDA to protect their health. Unfortunately, patients are increasingly supicious of new therapies and sometimes are reluctant to accept potentially life-saving medications or devices. Decisive legislative action is now essential to improve the safety of drugs and medical devices and restore public confidence in this critically important agency…”