The new FDA commissioner, Margaret Hamburg, is taking a page from the Barack Obama playbook: calling for transparency in its functions.

“The FDA has been seen as a cold regulatory agency and also something of a black box,” she said. “We have a chance to open it up and make sure the American people have the safe, high-quality foods they need, the safe and high-quality drugs and medical equipment they need.”

Hasn’t the gov’t agency always done that? If it’s anything that has been regulated in recent years, it’s the maintenance of the rapid rate of New Drug Application turnover and patent extention approvals of rather mundane and redundant formulations of top selling medications. | LINK

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