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Food and Drug Safety Goes See-Through?
This week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced the formation of a new task force that will examine the agency's policies and practices when it comes to making information public. The task force will make recommendations on how the FDA can improve the transparency of its operations and decision-making processes.
What sorts of changes can consumers expect through the FDA's new looking glass? Here's a look at some highlights of the FDA Transparency Task Force's plan:
On the heels of the announcement of the new FDA Transparency Task Force, the FDA also scheduled a June 24 public meeting to hear recommendations on how the agency can better provide "useful and understandable information on its activities and decisions," according to the FDA News Release.
The Wall Street Journal reports that the new task force will seek to combat the FDA's reputation as a "black box that makes important decisions without explaining them," as FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg put it." Topics likely to be on the table include clinical-trial data and details on decisions about recalls and drug approvals," according to the WSJ.