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by FireBeyond 2010 days ago
In one case, he lobbied the FDA to not approve a drug. Not because it wasn't safe, or effective. In fact it was safe, and effective, and cheaper than alternatives out there.

It's that it wasn't -his- drug. His company had the market-leading alternative.

So he lobbied against approving safer medicine because it would cost him profit.