The FDA, Big Pharma & Consumers: Time to Overhaul the Agency? | The Longevity Revolution

"Foxes in Chicken Coop"? Has the FDA become the Big Pharma alumni club... and how is that affecting consumers? Atty. Christopher Naughton hosts a contentious conversation that covers questionable approval of certain drugs; a revolving door of deputy commissioners; controversies over advisory committees; and allegations of unwarranted pharmaceutical company influence under both the Bush and now Obama administrations. The American Law Journal presents "The FDA: Big Conflicts Over Big Pharma?" Corporate defense counsel Hope Freiwald of Dechert LLP squares off against plaintiff's counsel Stephen Sheller of Sheller, P.C.. Joining them are award-winning journalist Ed Silverman of Pharmalot and former pharma counsel and now plaintiff's attorney Matt Harman of Harman Law LLC in Atlanta, GA. For more information, visit LawJournalTV.com.