Today in Capital Matters: FDA and Diesel
Over on Capital Matters, David Gortler writes about the FDA and baby formula, and Roy Mathews covers high diesel prices.
FDA
How Biden’s FDA Helped Cause the Baby-Formula Crisis
Nobody — including the FDA — is making any effort to test products from other countries before they reach the consumer.
House Republicans Were Right to Vote against More FDA Funding
Rewarding one of the agencies that contributed to the current crisis with more funding as a response to that same crisis is how you guarantee more crises in the future.
If Only We Could Buy Baby Formula
Most shortages are artificial, self-inflicted difficulties created by dumb policy. This is fixable.
Abbott, FDA Reach Deal to Reopen Shuttered Baby-Formula Plant
Abbott said it will take six-to-eight weeks for baby formula produced at the plant to arrive on store shelves.
The White House Plan on Baby Formula Is Classic Biden
Instead of getting out of the way, the Biden administration is trying to fix past government intervention with more government intervention.
Drug Company Contracted to Produce Covid Vaccines Hid Evidence of Quality Issues
A Congressional report describes attempts to delude visiting FDA regulators by mislabeling vials and removing warning tags from compromised samples.
FDA Limits Use of Johnson & Johnson Covid Vaccine
The risk of potentially life-threatening blood clots ‘warrants limiting the authorized use of the vaccine,’ the agency said.
FDA Proposes Ban on Menthol Cigarettes and Flavored Cigars to Advance ‘Health Equity’
Nearly 85 percent of black smokers use menthol cigarettes.
Making Prescription Drugs Expensive Again
As Biden supplants consumer experience with bureaucratic edicts, expect drug prices to rise.