STEVENS JOHNSON SYNDROME

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The Supreme Court is ignoring FDA's inability to regulate these products effectively.

Two recent studies point out how severely limited the FDA is in carrying out its mission after years of staffing losses and budget cuts.

One is a 2006 report from the Institute of Medicine. The other report is from FDA's own Subcommittee on Science and Technology, which was asked to assess "whether science and technology at the FDA can support current and future regulatory needs." The reports are scathing indictments of governmental failure.