Bout Bloody Time!

I love it when a judge puts juicy language into a ruling. U.S. District Judge Edward Korman ordered the FDA to make the OTC day-after pill known as "Plan B" available to women aged 17. It's only one year younger than the current 18+ restriction, so it's not a huge change. But the language, the language!

"These political considerations, delays, and implausible justifications for decision-making are not the only evidence of a lack of good faith and reasoned decision-making," Korman said. "Indeed, the record is clear that the FDA's course of conduct regarding Plan B departed in significant ways from the agency's normal procedures regarding similar applications to switch a drug product from prescription to nonprescription use."

Dear Mr President,
Can we please start making decisions on the basis of science over at the FDA, too? Like, now?
Much hope,
Me

Bout Bloody Time!

I love it when a judge puts juicy language into a ruling. U.S. District Judge Edward Korman ordered the FDA to make the OTC day-after pill known as "Plan B" available to women aged 17. It's only one year younger than the current 18+ restriction, so it's not a huge change. But the language, the language!

"These political considerations, delays, and implausible justifications for decision-making are not the only evidence of a lack of good faith and reasoned decision-making," Korman said. "Indeed, the record is clear that the FDA's course of conduct regarding Plan B departed in significant ways from the agency's normal procedures regarding similar applications to switch a drug product from prescription to nonprescription use."

Dear Mr President,
Can we please start making decisions on the basis of science over at the FDA, too? Like, now?
Much hope,
Me