[kenavi]

The FDA's decision is based on a 12 to 1 recommendation by an Advisory Committee of leading cancer doctors, not government bureaucrats. Here's who they are:

http://www.fda.gov/downloads/AdvisoryCommittees/CommitteesMeetingMaterials/Drugs/OncologicDrugsAdvisoryCommittee/UCM235075.pdf

Call 'em what you will, we need to have controls on what public funds are spent on.

[NittanyLion]

The FDA's decision is based on a 12 to 1 recommendation by an Advisory Committee of leading cancer doctors, not government bureaucrats.

I think it's pretty well-established that, no matter their credentials, they made the decision based on cost-benefit as opposed to risk-benefit analysis.

Call 'em what you will, we need to have controls on what public funds are spent on.

And that's exactly why people should be fighting against any government involvement in healthcare. If public funds were not being spent, the control would be left to the free market (where it belongs).