MEMBERS OF CONGRESS QUESTION FDA PROPOSAL DESIGNED TO CREATE LIABILITY SHIELD FOR DRUG AND DEVICE COMPANIES

The following press release was published by the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions on Jan. 23, 2008. It is reproduced in full below.

Given that FDA failed to identify a public health basis for why this lengthy proposal was necessary at this point in time, the letter’s authors ask FDA to answer questions justifying the expenditure of the agency’s limited resources on this effort.

Source: Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions