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2012-06-16 -Election 2012

House: Obama's FDA causing drug shortages

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Posted by DarthVader 2012-06-16 07:05|| || Front Page|| [11125 views ] Top

#1 The Obama End Game:

Federal Research Center Will Help Develop Medicines

Klik

Posted by Besoeker 2012-06-16 07:34|| 2012-06-16 07:34|| Front Page Top

#2 Klik

Posted by Besoeker 2012-06-16 07:35|| 2012-06-16 07:35|| Front Page Top

#3 It's worse. Imagine a shortage of a drug that comes from two vendors --say vendor A has a manufacturing issue. No problem, just have vendor B produce more, right?

Not so fast, chum, the FDA won't let that happen. Not only do you have to make the drugs in an FDA-approved way, but you can turn out pills ONLY at a prescribed rate. If you want to make more of a drug (to alleviate a shortage) you first have to get FDA permission.

Which almost never happens.

Posted by Steve White 2012-06-16 10:03|| 2012-06-16 10:03|| Front Page Top

#4 What is the justification for prescribed rates?
It sounds anti-capitalism.

Posted by Water Modem 2012-06-16 11:41|| 2012-06-16 11:41|| Front Page Top

#5 The govmint would screw up a good wet dream.

Posted by JohnQC 2012-06-16 11:48|| 2012-06-16 11:48|| Front Page Top

#6 It's not just prescription drugs. Try finding a Tylenol lately? An Excedrin?

Posted by tu3031 2012-06-16 12:19|| 2012-06-16 12:19|| Front Page Top

#7 WM the "excuse" is that they have to monitor / control drug protection to gaurd against prescription fraud. Big noise about pill farms writing oxy prescriptions in mass.

Posted by AlanC 2012-06-16 13:18|| 2012-06-16 13:18|| Front Page Top

#8 It's also because the current powers-that-be in the FDA view excess production as something that drives prices up.

I'm not kidding.

YJCMTSU...

Posted by Steve White 2012-06-16 16:37|| 2012-06-16 16:37|| Front Page Top

#9 As someone who greatly values drugs for medicinal purposes, Obama's FDA is a disaster. The banning of Proproxy was a un-mitigated PAIN.

Posted by Charles 2012-06-16 17:59|| 2012-06-16 17:59|| Front Page Top

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