John "Jack" Calfee

Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute

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Resident Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, who studies pharmaceuticals and the Food and Drug Administration; author of Prices, Markets, and the Pharmaceutical Revolution

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With 80 people dead after using a contaminated blood thinner imported from China, the head of the  Food and Drug Administration  faced withering cross examination from a  Congressional…

How Safe Are Our Prescription Drugs?

With 80 people dead after using a contaminated blood thinner imported from China, the head of the Food and Drug Administration faced withering cross examination from a Congressional…

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The mission of the  Food and Drug Administration  is protection of public health and welfare.

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The mission of the Food and Drug Administration is protection of public health and welfare.

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The mission of the Food and Drug Administration is protection of public health and welfare.

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