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Time For Independent US FDA? COVID Political Pressure Reignites Debate

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The political spotlight on the FDA during the coronavirus pandemic has renewed long-standing debate as to whether it should be made an independent, Cabinet-level federal agency and freed from direct HHS oversight.

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