Biopharma sees tougher FDA approval process

It is time for the healthcare industry to tackle growing health problems realted to lifestyle, like diabetes and obesity, upstream at the source instead of marketing dubious fixes in the form of medications. Healthcare professionals and regulators know that polluting the body with chemicals to cure disease caused by lifestyle factors related to poor diet and lack of exercise, is a losing battle for patients. The only winners are corporate interests selling junk food, a physically inactive (automobile-centric) lifestyle, and pharmaceutical companies selling the "cure". The Republicans running the government and pharmaceutical companies have had nearly a decade to strip the FDA of resources and promote short sighted interests that have lead to a sick population and a sick planet. It's time for more insightful leadership to emerge and solve problems instead of feeding into the existing misery.