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Commentary: PDUFA fish wrap

White House puts PDUFA V signing on par with upgrade of Washington fish market

July 16, 2012 7:00 AM UTC

Are FDA, the companies and products it regulates and the patients who rely on them more important than Washington's fish market? Not to the White House.

As the father of progressive politics Teddy Roosevelt noted, the presidency is a "bully pulpit." Among the most important things presidents do is set and announce priorities; there is not a day when the White House does not try to shape the national discussion...