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Domenici slams Specter and NIH ‘pigs’, by Geoff Earle, The Hill, Sen. Pete Domenici (R-N.M.) shocked his colleagues during an angry speech late last Thursday when he labeled the National Institutes of Health “pigs” and implied that a fellow Republican senator was doing the NIH’s bidding.
Waxman Last week, Rep. Henry Waxman, ranking Democrat on the House Committee on Government Reform, accused the FDA of being slow to enforce regulations prohibiting false or misleading ads by pharmaceutical companies [Adweek Online, Jan. 30].
James Greenwood has taken the first step toward protecting children by requesting drug manufacturers to provide the unpublished data. See his Feb. 3 letter at:: http://energycommerce.house.gov/108/News/02032004_1211.htm
Senator Dodd and a bunch of other Senators ( Edward M. Kennedy, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Patty Murray, Tom Harkin, Jeff Bingaman, John Edwards, Jon Corzine, Tim Johnson, Barbara Mikulski) wrote the FDA about anti-depressants and kids.