Interesting stuff...

"Also on the short list for F.D.A. commissioner, according to people with knowledge of the situation, is Dr. Steven E. Nissen, 60, chairman of cardiology at the Cleveland Clinic who has gained fame in recent years as a fierce critic of the safety of several big-selling medications.

“This is a failed agency,” Dr. Nissen said in a recent interview, “and it has lost the public’s confidence.” He advocated greater transparency for the results of industry drug trials and said the process for approving medical devices needs an overhaul."


Could be nice to have an advocate...with power.

V.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/17/he...