Help fight "Big Pharma's" influence over our legislators

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Thanks to all who can help fight "Big Pharma's" influence over our legislators and insuring only safe drugs are approved by the FDA.-John Platt RPh

I just took action to make prescription drugs safer by prohibiting physicians and scientists who received money from drug companies from serving on FDA boards that approve new drugs or determine their safety. These conflicts undermine the safety of the medicines we take each day

Last month, the House of Representatives stood up to the powerful drug lobby by approving a measure -- by just eight votes -- that would help end drug company influence at the Food and Drug Administration. A similar measure will be up for a vote on the Senate floor within days, but the drug companies and the FDA are working hard to kill it.

Send a letter to your Senators asking them to pass the House measure. To send an email just like I did, please go to Consumers Union's take-action page at http://cu.convio.net/drug_company_influence

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