{"id":18835,"date":"2025-04-11T20:10:22","date_gmt":"2025-04-11T20:10:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/rfk-jr-accuses-fda-of-drug-industry-influence-that-barred-alternative-remedies\/"},"modified":"2025-04-11T20:10:22","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T20:10:22","slug":"rfk-jr-accuses-fda-of-drug-industry-influence-that-barred-alternative-remedies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/rfk-jr-accuses-fda-of-drug-industry-influence-that-barred-alternative-remedies\/","title":{"rendered":"RFK Jr. Accuses FDA of Drug Industry Influence That Barred Alternative Remedies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In a speech broadcast to the Food and Drug Administration\u2019s Maryland campus on Friday morning, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. introduced himself as the nation\u2019s health secretary with a meandering speech touching on everything from birds of prey to pollution in Lake Erie to the C.I.A.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Kennedy told the agency staff members, in the throes of losing 20 percent of their work force under his overhaul of the Health and Human Services Department, to boldly avoid the impulse to protect the corporations they regulate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The layoffs, voluntary departures and cutbacks in funding have <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/04\/03\/health\/fda-layoffs-food-and-drug-safety-rfk-jr.html\" title=\"\">already decimated<\/a> divisions that govern oversight of tobacco, the drug approval process, testing of cow\u2019s milk and cheese for avian flu, and food safety that monitors and protects consumers from food-borne illnesses.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In his remarks on Friday, Mr. Kennedy blamed the F.D.A. for failing to embrace raw milk, ivermectin and stem cell treatments, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/11\/12\/health\/robert-kennedy-jr-fda.html\" title=\"\">views he has voiced before<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">He suggested that the reason the agency did not approve \u201calternative medicines\u201d was because of its subservience to well-heeled corporations. Agency veterans have argued that alternative products often fail to pass the standards for safety and efficacy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">He urged the staff to resist the temptation to serve a small group of wealthy companies at the cost of public health.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cWe want to break away from this so we can make our kids healthy,\u201d he said, according to a transcript of his speech that was shared with The New York Times. At another point, he said, \u201cthe deep state is real,\u201d a pejorative reference to the sprawling federal bureaucracy that President Trump blamed as an obstacle to achieving his goals in his first term.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Andrew Nixon, a spokesman for the Health and Human Services Department, did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Mr. Kennedy\u2019s remarks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Kennedy also called the F.D.A. \u201ca sock puppet\u201d for the industries it is supposed to regulate, language <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RobertKennedyJr\/status\/1846544812243050517\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">he has used in the past<\/a>. The dynamic is rewarding \u201cthe very, very powerful incumbents in the industry,\u201d he said at another point.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Drugmakers have benefited from a series of efforts by the F.D.A. to speed up certain drug approvals or encourage companies to develop drugs for serious diseases that lack treatments. F.D.A. officials have said the programs are aimed at helping patients.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The F.D.A. has faced criticism in the past few years for several high-profile drug approvals. For example, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/07\/19\/health\/alzheimers-drug-aduhelm-fda.html\" title=\"\">top officials overruled<\/a> agency scientists or advisers when they granted approval of products for Alzheimer\u2019s disease and Duchenne muscular dystrophy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Kennedy urged F.D.A. employees to speak up if their superiors greenlight products with insufficient evidence. \u201cIf your boss is making a mistake, if they\u2019re approving something that shouldn\u2019t be approved, we want to hear,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Dr. Marty Makary, the new F.D.A. commissioner, introduced Mr. Kennedy at Friday\u2019s meeting and endorsed his goals to shape a healthier food supply. He acknowledged that the cuts at the agency \u201chave been hard on the ground\u201d for some staff. He said the changes were \u201caimed at consolidating, being more efficient and creating more teamwork.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Kennedy and Dr. Makary were broadcast on a video aired at the agency\u2019s White Oak campus in suburban Maryland.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-3\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Kennedy reminisced in the speech about being a child visiting his father, Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, at the Justice Department in Washington and watching peregrine falcons nesting in the cupola at the Old Post Office building. He also discussed his experience at the Special Olympics, where he played the role of \u201chugger\u201d and coach, and the battles he waged as an environmental lawyer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Kennedy also complained about rules governing the agency\u2019s food division that allow companies to certify that new ingredients are generally recognized as safe. The measure initially covered ingredients like salt or vinegar as acceptable in food with no review. In the years since, though, thousands of ingredients have been added to the food supply with no notice or testing by the agency.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Food companies are required to provide reviews of ingredients to on-site F.D.A. inspectors, but such inspections can take place once every five years or less. Mr. Kennedy has called for an end to allowing food companies to self-certify that ingredients are safe.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cWe literally do not test chemicals before they\u2019re added to our food,\u201d he said, according to the transcript. \u201cEverything is stamped by the industry as generally recognized as safe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">He went on to attribute the nation\u2019s rates of diabetes to the loophole, adding that sugar also plays a role.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-4\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The speech was reminiscent <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/11\/12\/health\/robert-kennedy-jr-fda.html\" title=\"\">of a social media<\/a> message that Mr. Kennedy posted in October, accusing the F.D.A. of waging a \u201cwar on public health.\u201d <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RobertKennedyJr\/status\/1849925311586238737?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1849925311586238737%7Ctwgr%5E41f3788a452978311c520302ad24b9d37d97848f%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2024%2F11%2F12%2Fhealth%2Frobert-kennedy-jr-fda.html\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">He said<\/a> the agency engaged in \u201caggressive suppression\u201d of a range of unproven or unsafe products, including raw milk, chelating compounds, ivermectin and \u201canything else that advances human health and can\u2019t be patented by Pharma.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The post went on: \u201cIf you work for the F.D.A. and are part of this corrupt system, I have two messages for you: 1. Preserve your records, and 2. Pack your bags.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The agency is still <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/04\/03\/health\/fda-layoffs-food-and-drug-safety-rfk-jr.html\" title=\"\">reeling from thousands of job cuts<\/a> and voluntary departures in the weeks since Mr. Kennedy was appointed health secretary. The F.D.A. employees who have left in recent weeks include staff members who examine drugs for byproducts that can cause cancer and others who work with international food safety staffs to try to stop contaminated products from entering the United States.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Cuts in some areas were so deep that former F.D.A. officials have suggested that they could jeopardize billions of dollars in fees that the pharmaceutical industry pays to the agency to ensure the approval process for drugs is adequately staffed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Drugmakers have been anxious about what Mr. Kennedy\u2019s leadership will mean for their interests. They are worried that cuts at the agency will slow down reviews of drugs, including the start of clinical trials, and will add delays to final approval.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-5\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">A <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nopatientleftbehind.org\/preserving-the-fda\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">public letter<\/a> signed by dozens of biotech investors and executives said the industry\u2019s leaders were \u201cdeeply concerned about the current state of the agency and its future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cSome of us have already encountered regulatory difficulties that we believe are the consequences of the F.D.A.\u2019s loss of experienced staff,\u201d the letter said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/04\/11\/health\/rfk-jr-fda-drug-industry-alternative-medicine.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a speech broadcast to the Food and Drug Administration\u2019s Maryland campus on Friday morning, Robert F. 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