[Ip-health] Ex-FDA chief charged with lying about stock activities

[Jeff Williams]

All,

What does this say for the US FDA when in trade negotiations in
regards to drug issues?

See: http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?articleid=35277&dcn=e_gvet

Former Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Lester Crawford
was charged Monday with lying about owning stock in companies that
were regulated by his agency.

The Justice Department accused him of falsely reporting he had sold
stock
in firms governed by FDA rules, the Associated Press reported. Justice
Department filings in U.S. District Court in Washington say Crawford
also
failed to report income from exercising stock options in Embrex, a
biotech
company regulated by the FDA.

Crawford resigned from the agency in September 2005, just two months
after Senate confirmation and a long stint as acting commissioner.

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Jeffrey A. Williams
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