Dr. Crawford was in the midst of a major controversy over the FDA’s repeated delays in making a decision on an application to approve the morning-after pill, Plan B, as an over-the-counter drug.
The delays finally led to the resignation of the FDA’s women’s health chief. Just this week, the editor of the New England Journal of Medicine, in a Perspective called A Sad Day for Science at the FDA, wrote that ‘this decision — or nondecision — deserves serious scrutiny, since it appears to reflect political meddling in the drug-approval process.'” (Medpage Today)
You know, of course, that the letters after his name stand for “Doctor of Veterinary Medicine.” And FDA stands for “Food and Drug Administration.” That’s human food and drugs. He was as qualified for his position as, say, Michael Brown, in case you were wondering wehther there is a pattern here.
