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Groups tied to FDA-regulated industry paying for agency officials' trips

The Food and Drug Administration lacks the power to regulate pharmaceuticals and keep you safe

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The GAO called for improvement in the FDA’s Foreign Drug Inspection Program in 1998. A decade later, there's been little improvement.

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