CV and mad panic behaviour

[DJC]

An agency that was jointly setup by Big Pharma and has a dubious history of not releasing any research data associated with its findings....not really a surprise they would approve AstraZ.
They were criticized over their handling of the HPV vaccine testing , they allowed drug companies to be their own judges and only the drug companies were allowed access to the research data in a code of secrecy.
They also like employing Big Pharma ex employees.....I would have a dollar or two on that without doing any research..?
https://corporateeurope.org/en/revolving...e-and-well.

I'd be very dubious of any research carried out or the integrity of the process involving the EMA....

Come on EB! 

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) is an agency of the European Union (EU) responsible for the scientific evaluation, supervision and safety monitoring of medicines in the EU.  It is probably world's best practice in ensuring independence with a management board of 36 who are completely independent of government and the private sector. 

EMA has seven scientific committees that are drawn from the relevant government agencies of each member country and they rely heavily on networks of scientific experts.  They have relatively few staff and don't employ ex-"big pharma" employees.

The European Ombudsman found that the complaint about EMA's safety review of HPV vaccines was without foundation and its "examination of scientific evidence was complete and it was independent."  Of course, the HPV vaccines have been in widespread use for some time now and are safe and effective.

Pharmacy companies contribute funding for the operation of EMA, as they should.  Why should taxpayers foot the bill for research into the quality, safety and efficacy of human and veterinary medicines?

Finally, the EU legislation that set up the EMA requires it to provide all EU citizens with access to all documents with the exception of personal, sensitive and commercially confidential information - almost exactly the same as our Therapeutic Goods Administration restrictions on releasing information.