The New York Times > National > Medical Journal Calls for a New Drug Watchdog

The New York Times > National > Medical Journal Calls for a New Drug Watchdog:

"The United States needs a better system to detect harmful effects of drugs already on the market, and it should be independent of the Food and Drug Administration and the drug industry, medical researchers and journal editors said yesterday."

In a K4D context, we need better ways to acquire and utilize knowledge of drugs that are in use, while the FDA emphasizes acquiring and utilizing knowledge from clinical trials of drugs that are proposed for future use,