Two FDA officials are quarreling in public about their different views about the safety of angiotensin-receptor blockers (ARBs), according to a story by Thomas Burton in Friday’s Wall Street Journal.
One official, Thomas Marciniak, contends that ARBs may increase the risk of cancer. Marciniak has been a vocal critic of FDA’s efforts to assess drug safety. In the past he has raised questions about other major drugs, including prasugrel, rosiglitazone, and rivaroxaban. But Marciniak’s boss, Ellis Unger, who is the acting director of the office of new drugs, told the WSJ that Marciniak’s concerns are a “diversion.”
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