Texas abortion pill ruling could undermine U.S. FDA, experts say
Banning its sale calls into question the FDA’s power to regulate all drugs nationwide, the experts said.Some said it could also lead drugmakers to stick to treatments perceived as safe investments and shy away from those that might get caught up in politically charged legal cases.
Lawyers, analysts, industry groups, and the government say a ruling against the FDA’s approval of a drug over 20 years earlier is unprecedented and – if it stands after going through the appeals process – could ripple through drug research and development for years, with implications for public health and access to new treatments.Any impact on the FDA will depend on details of the judge’s final ruling on the merits of the challenge in the case known as Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. U.S.
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