Susan Wood Quotes (12 Quotes)

The issue is, once you've involved politics in the drug approval process, there's no way to put that genie back in the bottle.

It's a denial by delay. I can't serve as staff when clear evidence is overruled.

She's a very capable and dedicated person who will do an excellent job.

The timorous men who run the FDA had promised a decision on Plan B this summer this was after delay upon delay over the past two years and intense shrieking from anti-abortion groups who wrong-headedly claim that Plan B causes abortion. I was supposed to be the champion of women's health at the agency, ... Science needs to be the main decision driving health policy, not politics.

After decades of focusing on men's health, many experts agree that this apparent backlash is premature. We still haven't done all the catch-up that we need to do, ... We don't want women's health to be a flash in the pan.

The Plan B decision is a double standard based on age for over-the-counter sales,

I can no longer serve as staff when scientific and clinical evidence, fully evaluated and recommended for approval by the professional staff here, has been overruled.

Crawford's decision was not made in consultation with the normal people who are involved with the decision-making at the agency, ... Even in the commissioner's office, it seems there was very little awareness about what the decision would be. It seemed to be very closely held and not at all transparent to the professional staff.

Women were being denied access to a product that could reduce unintended pregnancy and the need for abortion and it was being blocked for reasons that were not credible or understandable by me,

We're still awaiting a decision from above it hasn't come down yet.

I don't think people want the FDA to say what should be done about teen pregnancy or other social issues,

Grandville did have trouble in round three and it's not fun to beat someone when they fall.