The FDA is there to serve the drug industry, not the public says Dr. David Graham of the FDA

“[ The ] FDA is there to serve [ the drug ] industry. It is NOT there to serve the public,” said Dr. David Graham, a senior official in the FDA’s Office Of Drug Safety, in an interview on the TV Program NOW on PBS, Oct 21, 2005.

The FDA Office Of Drug Safety. This office is responsible for monitoring drugs once they have been approved for sale.

“[ The ] FDA is an institution that has become a factory for the approval of new drugs, and safety is NOT a consideration.”

“100,000 people in the United States [ who used Vioxx ] had heart attacks It continued to happen while the FDA said that this drug was perfectly safe.”