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prosent unnlot FDA å reagere. FDAs ignoranse var så overlagt at Dr. Graham beskyldte<br />

organisasjonen for å være ansvarlig for 140 000 hjerteinfarkt og 60 000 dødsfall.<br />

FDA gjorde hva de kunne for å forhindre at han vitnet for denne kommisjonen: Dr.<br />

Grahams overordnede tok kontakt Senator Grassleys kontor og forsøkte å svartmale han<br />

som person, slik at han ikke skulle bli innkalt som vitne; de tok kontakt med redaktøren av<br />

det britiske medisinske tidsskriftet the Lancet, og fremstilte Graham som en uredelig person<br />

det var best å holde seg unna (de oppfordret redaktøren til ikke å trykke artiklen hans som<br />

viste at Vioxx økte risikoen for hjerteinfarkt); og de tok kontakt med Dr. Grahams advokat,<br />

Tom Devine, og forsøkte å overbevise han om at Graham var en svært tvilsom person, som<br />

advokaten burde distansere seg fra.<br />

Det var heldigvis for Dr. Graham opplagt for både Grassley, Radaktøren av Lancet, og<br />

hans egen advokat, at det var FDA som institusjon og ikke Graham som person det var noe<br />

galt med<br />

261 Kritikk av FDA<br />

Etter dette brevet ble det opprettet en kommisjon som skal se nærmere på FDAs interne<br />

rutiner, og deres forbindelser til de store farmasøytiske selskapene. Kommisjonen ble ledet<br />

av kongressmedlemmene John Dingell og Bart Stupak, og de gikk ut med denne<br />

orienteringen: “These allegations are deeply concerning, and we intend to uncover whether<br />

any FDA activity has compromised the health and safety of America consumers. (…) I<br />

commend the FDA scientists for courageously sounding the alarm on what appears to be a<br />

serious problem. I look forward to pursuing the steps necessary to ensure that the medical<br />

devices Americans depend on are safe and effective.”<br />

“Our investigations have found that the FDA has allowed contaminated food and unsafe<br />

drugs to enter the market, and now serious allegations have been raised about the scientific<br />

integrity of the FDA medical device approval process. (…) Although the FDA has launched its<br />

own investigation into this matter, no corrective action has been taken. The committee<br />

intends to learn what action the FDA plans to take to ensure the integrity of the medical<br />

device approval process and prevent retaliation against the scientists who blew the whistle<br />

on these activities.”<br />

This Committee has been provided with compelling evidence to support the charges<br />

that senior managers within CDRH ‘ordered, intimidated and coerced FDA experts to modify<br />

their scientific reviews, conclusions and recommendations in violation of the law.’ The CDRH<br />

scientists also claim that CDRH managers ordered them ‘to make safety and effectiveness<br />

determinations that are not in accordance with scientific regulatory requirements, to use<br />

unsound evaluation methods, and accept clinical and technical data that is not scientifically<br />

valid or obtained in accordance with legal requirements, such as obtaining proper informed<br />

consent from human subjects.’<br />

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