<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>Here's the story, in case you're interested:</span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/martha-rosenberg/birth-control-hearings_b_1157669.html<br><br>Regulatory capture?<br><br></div><div>Ron Force <br></div><div>Moscow Idaho USA<br></div> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> lfalen <lfalen@turbonet.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> vision2020@moscow.com <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Monday, January 23, 2012 2:39 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b>
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Dr. Sidney M. Wolfe has been removed as a member of the Drug Safety and Risk Management Advisory Committee. The reason given was for an intellectual conflict of interest. This makes no sence. If a company representative was on the committee an a product of thiers was under review, than that would be a conflict of interest. In this case a knowledgeable individual is denied input. He has been the Editor of Worst Pills, Best Pills for a lot of years and on the committee for three and a half years. Why is there now a problem?<br><br>Roger<br><br>=======================================================<br> List services made available by First Step Internet,<br> serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994.<br> http://www.fsr.net<br> mailto:<a ymailto="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com"
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