Senator Sees ‘Cover-Up’ by FDA on Drug Ketek
From Times Wire Reports
A Republican senator said he suspected that the Food and Drug Administration was withholding information about its review of Sanofi-Aventis’ antibiotic Ketek, which has been linked to liver damage.
“I smell a cover-up,” said Finance Committee Chairman Charles E. Grassley of Iowa after the FDA did not make one of its investigators available for a meeting. An FDA spokesman said the staffer was not available because the investigation was still underway.
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