Long Time Coming

The story is a little old, but rings very true now after last week's contested vote by a Food & Drug Administration panel (replete with conflicts-of-interest and other scandals) to keep painkillers Vioxx and Celebrex on the market. FDA to Institute Drug Safety Board [L.A. Times.com]. Isn't this what they were supposed to have been doing all along, namely overseeing drug safety?

 Posted by glenn