[news] New law aims to distance the FDA from the drug industry

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BMJ 2005;330:1106 (14 May), doi:10.1136/bmj.330.7500.1106-a News Jeanne Lenzer New York http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/ Legislation aimed at ending the close relationship between the US Food and Drug Administration and the drug industry was introduced last week in the House of Representatives by Congressman Maurice Hinchey (Democrat) of New York. The Food and Drug Administration Improvement Act 2005 has been endorsed by the Center for Science in the Public Interest in Washington, DC, a non-profit education and advocacy organisation. Merrill Goozner, director of the centre's integrity in science project, said it was "exactly what is needed to restore public confidence in the FDA."

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