FDA legalized bribery

FDA Staff Travels on Drug Industry Dollars

Through an apparent loophole in agency rules the
Food and Drug Administration has allowed its
employees to receive more than $1.3 million in
sponsored travel since 1999 from groups closely tied
to pharmaceutical and medical device companies.
[$1.3 million averages out to $183,000+ per year.]

FDA policy bars employees from taking trips paid for
by the drug, medical device and other companies the
agency regulates or by their trade groups. But the
Center for Public Integrity has found nonprofit
associations that draw their members, their boards
and even some of their funding from medical and
pharmaceutical-related companies paying for the
travel of hundreds of FDA employees.

Read the Center's Investigative Report - http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=sxzycubab.0.edpaeubab.vafgaqbab.10160&p=htt...