Dear Janet: What Does the FDA Really Do? (Pharmalot blog)
Wondering why the FDA spent that chunk of change when reviewing a drug? Have a pressing issue with a policy the FDA recently adopted? Ask Janet, blogger Ed Silverman writes. The CDER Director’s Mailbag, an online forum for asking Janet Woodcock your pressing issue, is the FDA’s most recent move into being more transparent. “What is the likelihood that your question will be answered?” Silverman asks. “And that Janet will actually respond, as opposed to a member of the FDA public affairs apparatus? As the cliche goes, only time will tell.”