Peter Pitts

former Associate Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration

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Former Associate Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration; Co-Founder and President of the Center for Medicine in the Public Interest

Peter Pitts on KCRW

Overdose deaths from opioid painkillers are epidemic across the country. States and other localities are taking drug companies to court.

Who’s to blame for the opioid crisis?

Overdose deaths from opioid painkillers are epidemic across the country. States and other localities are taking drug companies to court.

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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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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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