Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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And then we're paying for all the diseases that that product is causing.
And then we're paying for all the diseases that that product is causing.
And then we're paying for all the diseases that that product is causing.
And so it's different than any other kind of product and it's regulated differently. And those, you know, uh, Those regulations, you know, a drug company does not have carte blanche from FDA, FAA to advertise any product it wants and have there are conditions that we can place on it. And, you know, those are some of the things that we're looking at.
And so it's different than any other kind of product and it's regulated differently. And those, you know, uh, Those regulations, you know, a drug company does not have carte blanche from FDA, FAA to advertise any product it wants and have there are conditions that we can place on it. And, you know, those are some of the things that we're looking at.
And so it's different than any other kind of product and it's regulated differently. And those, you know, uh, Those regulations, you know, a drug company does not have carte blanche from FDA, FAA to advertise any product it wants and have there are conditions that we can place on it. And, you know, those are some of the things that we're looking at.
Well, I have never been popular with those agencies. I mean, the agencies used to do a good job. When I was a kid, you know, NIH was the gold standard science agency in the world. The FDA was the gold standard regulator. In fact, there were a lot of, at that time, this early 60s, there were a lot of countries in particular. And we're getting their freedom for the first time from colonial rule.
Well, I have never been popular with those agencies. I mean, the agencies used to do a good job. When I was a kid, you know, NIH was the gold standard science agency in the world. The FDA was the gold standard regulator. In fact, there were a lot of, at that time, this early 60s, there were a lot of countries in particular. And we're getting their freedom for the first time from colonial rule.
Well, I have never been popular with those agencies. I mean, the agencies used to do a good job. When I was a kid, you know, NIH was the gold standard science agency in the world. The FDA was the gold standard regulator. In fact, there were a lot of, at that time, this early 60s, there were a lot of countries in particular. And we're getting their freedom for the first time from colonial rule.
And they were writing constitutions. And, you know, none of them could afford to have their own regulators, their health regulators or research institutions. And so a lot of them said in their constitution, if FDA says it's OK, then it's OK in our country as well. So there was this broad faith in American science and American regulatory integrity at that point around the world.
And they were writing constitutions. And, you know, none of them could afford to have their own regulators, their health regulators or research institutions. And so a lot of them said in their constitution, if FDA says it's OK, then it's OK in our country as well. So there was this broad faith in American science and American regulatory integrity at that point around the world.
And they were writing constitutions. And, you know, none of them could afford to have their own regulators, their health regulators or research institutions. And so a lot of them said in their constitution, if FDA says it's OK, then it's OK in our country as well. So there was this broad faith in American science and American regulatory integrity at that point around the world.
That no longer exists. People now are very skeptical of our science and our regulatory agencies. And what we want to do over the next four years is restore global faith in American regulatory integrity.
That no longer exists. People now are very skeptical of our science and our regulatory agencies. And what we want to do over the next four years is restore global faith in American regulatory integrity.
That no longer exists. People now are very skeptical of our science and our regulatory agencies. And what we want to do over the next four years is restore global faith in American regulatory integrity.
One is that NIH science, NIH has $46 billion that it allocates to science every year. And it does that through a grant system that gives grants to 56,000 researchers all around the world, mostly in the United States and a lot in Canada as well. And unfortunately that system has been corrupted through a number of different factors.
One is that NIH science, NIH has $46 billion that it allocates to science every year. And it does that through a grant system that gives grants to 56,000 researchers all around the world, mostly in the United States and a lot in Canada as well. And unfortunately that system has been corrupted through a number of different factors.
One is that NIH science, NIH has $46 billion that it allocates to science every year. And it does that through a grant system that gives grants to 56,000 researchers all around the world, mostly in the United States and a lot in Canada as well. And unfortunately that system has been corrupted through a number of different factors.
so that people who get the money tend to be people who have been approved by the industry through, you know, a variety of, of levers. And they are part of an old boys network that knows what they can say and what they can't say and what they can research and what they can't. And they're not going to research anything that with the results may diminish corporate profits.
so that people who get the money tend to be people who have been approved by the industry through, you know, a variety of, of levers. And they are part of an old boys network that knows what they can say and what they can't say and what they can research and what they can't. And they're not going to research anything that with the results may diminish corporate profits.