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by tim333 3347 days ago
I think it's the pharmaceutical industry that would prefer you give them money, not the FDA which is government funded.

Admittedly some in the FDA are probably protecting the pharma industry.

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"More than a quarter of the Food and Drug Administration employees who approved cancer and hematology drugs from 2001 through 2010 left the agency and now work or consult for pharmaceutical companies..." [0]

Of course some naive person might demand some sort of smoking-gun admission of collusion or whatever...

[0] http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/09/28/49569455...

Ah I see your point.