FDA Sought Retaliation Against Whistleblower
February 22nd, 2012 tmccoy
Imagine working for the Food and Drug Administration, learning that a drug may have been approved even though it didn’t meet the safety requirements, reporting it to the appropriate people and being fired for doing so.
Stop imagining.
Reportedly, because former employees of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) sought to inform Congress of the FDA’s supposed irresponsible process for approving certain devices, the FDA attempted to have these employees punished for disclosing certain information to Congress. Luckily, the FDA failed to have criminal charges brought against several employees.
