http://blogs.mercola.com/sites/vitalvotes/archive/2007/01/31/Will-Drug-Safety-Improve-After-a-FDA-Revamp.aspxIn response to last fall's scathing report from the Institute of Medicine (IOM) , the FDA announced a list of initiatives yesterday supposedly aimed at improving the sorry excuse that passes for drug safety in America. Because FDA czar Andrew von EschenbachenCommunityServer 2008.5 SP1 (Build: 31106.3070)http://blogs.mercola.com/sites/vitalvotes/archive/2007/01/31/Will-Drug-Safety-Improve-After-a-FDA-Revamp.aspx#89019Thu, 01 Feb 2007 01:35:47 GMT24451277-a5aa-4add-96dc-64081bfd86fa:89019vince_203&nbsp;As long as the FDA views itself as a partner with and a salesman for the drug industry then they cannot also be the neutral umpire on the safety and effectiveness of these drugs.&nbsp; The way this agency often disregards it's on safety board is shameful. The public has a right to be protected from nominally effective drugs that often have the potential to cause devastating side effects.<br><img src="http://blogs.mercola.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=89019" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.mercola.com/sites/vitalvotes/archive/2007/01/31/Will-Drug-Safety-Improve-After-a-FDA-Revamp.aspx#89018Wed, 31 Jan 2007 21:04:32 GMT24451277-a5aa-4add-96dc-64081bfd86fa:89018Russ BianchiFederal DEATH Agency also = FDA....<img src="http://blogs.mercola.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=89018" width="1" height="1">