Big Government and Big Pharma are and. have been in cahoots. Many government employees, even congressmen, senators, leave office and become “consultants” for Big Pharma companies who pay them hugely for ignoring the dangers of prescription drugs while in office. Both Repubs and Dems.
Big Government and some Big Pharma are and have been in cahoots for decades.
Many companies pared down their expensive research funds and spent millions if not billions to buy out $inators like Ted Kennedy for behind the door negotiations with FDA.
Then, those companies reduced their research staff and other people who had worked with current drugs to make them safer to use and to expand the indications.
It was cheaper to buy out Ted and other congressits than to do research and find new ways to use established drugs.
When Ted died and similar Congressional thugs, many of those companies closed their doors and let more evil thugs take them over.
The FDA and Big Pharma together form a revolving door: Approve a new drug; six months later veep for that company.
It is safe to assume every Alphabet bureaucracy is steeped in bribery and... collusion.