The FDA Investigates Itself

Abstract
When Einstein was asked about a book in which 100 professors disputed the theory of relativity, he replied, "Were I wrong, one professor would have been quite enough."Apparently proceeding from the professors' faith in the persuasiveness of voluminosity, the Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, Alexander M. Schmidt, recently issued a 906-page report to dispute charges that were made against the agency's drug-review practices by a group of past and present employees and outside advisers.Entitled "Commissioner's Report, " the document is an unusual exercise in which Dr. Schmidt defends Dr. Schmidt and his predecessors, though not altogether . . .

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