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Jurors and FDA scientists lack confidence in agency, surveys say.

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Perceptions of the FDA--from both inside and outside the agency--are less favorable than they once were, according to recent surveys.

The results of a Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) survey of FDA scientists reveal a grim perspective of the agency's integrity. Out of nearly 1,000 respondents, 18 percent agreed with the statement, "I have been asked, for nonscientific reasons, to inappropriately exclude or alter technical information or my conclusions in an FDA scientific document." Sixty percent said they knew of cases "where commercial interests have inappropriately induced or attempted to induce the reversal, withdrawal, or modification of FDA determinations or actions."

One respondent from the agency's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research noted, "Scientific discourse is strongly discouraged when it may jeopardize an approval."

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