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The Bowels of FDA

Jan 15, 2010

If you’ve wondered about the inner workings of FDA, there’s a new spot on their website that introduces just what FDA does. According to NPR, this site is part of FDA commissioner Margaret Hamburg’s three-phase plan to make the agency more transparent. This first phase is public outreach and coming up will be efforts to keep the public informed on daily activities at FDA and then to have information for industries that FDA regulates.

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