[bluefish]

The govt. and the pharmaceutical industry are in it together. Where do retiring FDA beureacrats end up with cushy, high paying jobs? Who feeds the campaign coffers of the corrupt government officials? The pharmaceutical industry has learned how to work the system in order to defeat competition. The government does the bidding of the evil pharm giants.

[cake_crumb]

"Who feeds the campaign coffers of the corrupt government officials?"

Ask the Dems. They're the ones who made the industry. Why's a trial lawyer running for president?

[RJCogburn]

The govt. and the pharmaceutical industry are in it together

No argument, just as the companies in any regulated industry are in it with the regulators.

So, how do we fix it? Not by more regulations which as you recognize will not work when regulators and regulatees are in each other's pockets.

Get the government out of the game. Then the symbiotic relationship will end. There really is no other way, is there?