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The FDA"s bogus waste of YOUR tax dollars.
Why is there a backlog of generic drug apps?
Because big Pharma wants it that way, they have no desire to have those apps approved because it takes money out of their pocket.
So through the use of lobbyists, they ensure through the buying off of political positions, so that their bottom line is never touched, and those bought off political positions ensure that your tax dollars are wasted by the bogus misdirection of the given appropriations to ease the problem in the first place.
Here is a prime example.
Lobbyism is nothing more than the insurance for a totally corrupt government.
"Why on earth are FDA managers spending money for a consultant to tell them why they have a backlog of generic drug applications?" said Rep. Joe Barton of Texas, the top Republican on the House Energy and Commerce Committee.
An FDA spokeswoman said McKinsey's work for the generic-drug office was only a small part of the firm's overall contract with the FDA set up earlier this year.
According to government documents, the goal of the contract is to "ensure that the decisions made by the FDA can be tracked through and supported by clearly communicated and documented processes."
McKinsey declined to comment, saying it doesn't discuss clients.
It isn't the first time an outside contract for FDA management training has raised concerns in Congress. In 2008, the agency held a $1.5 million seminar for 500 senior employees who were shown a slideshow comparing Dr. Woodcock with such leaders as Gandhi and Golda Meir.
