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In
November 2007, a 60-page report
entitled FDA Science and Mission
at Risk was released by the FDA.
In this report, the agency
admitted that it lacks the
competency and capacity to keep
up with scientific advances.
The FDA
now admits that Americans are
suffering and dying because the
FDA does not have the scientific
ability to ascertain if new
drugs are safe or effective or
to evaluate scientific claims.
Meanwhile the FDA censors the
communication of scientific
information and opposes or bans
cheaper and often more effective
natural remedies in a misguided
effort to maintain an
FDA-approved drug monopoly.
Some
members of Congress think that
giving the FDA more money will
solve these problems. But the
FDA report itself admits that
the agency's scientific
ineptitude is not solely due to
a lack of money. We should not
give the admittedly incompetent
FDA any more tax dollars. And we
should not finance it with drug
company money either because
then the agency no longer works
solely for the public. Rather
than give the failed FDA more
money, give it instead a total
reform and restructuring.
A
reformed FDA should liberate
consumers from the chains of
archaic medical restrictions
that cause millions of Americans
to needlessly suffer and die
each year. It should support,
not censor and hold back,
science and innovation.
This
should not be viewed as a
political issue. Think of what
will happen when your next
family member (or you) suffers a
health catastrophe that cannot
be cured because the admittedly
incompetent FDA failed to allow
or approve a safe and effective
therapy.
We, the
citizens whose signatures appear
below, respectfully request
immediate action to reform the
FDA. A total overhaul is
urgently needed. Everything
about the FDA must be taken
apart, reviewed, redefined, and
recreated so that it supports,
not obstructs, the mission of
advancing medical science and
vibrant good health for all.
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