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| − | '''Janet Woodcock''' is a US civil servant working in the health administration. | + | '''Janet Woodcock''' is a US civil servant working in the health administration. |
| − | As head of the [[Center for Drug Evaluation and Research]], the FDA department responsible for approving new prescription [[opioids]], she | + | As head of the [[Center for Drug Evaluation and Research]], the FDA department responsible for approving new prescription [[opioids]], she was instrumental in the approval of a powerful opioid, Zohydro, even though the FDA’s own scientific advisory committee voted 11-2 to keep the drug off the market because it was unsafe. The FDA leadership has the authority to override the decisions of its advisory committees.<ref name=letter/> |
| + | A letter from opioid victims claimed she “consistently put the interests of opioid manufacturers ahead of public health, often overruling its own scientific advisors and ignoring the pleas of public health groups, state Attorneys General, and outraged victims of the opioid crisis”.<ref name=letter>https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/28/fda-janet-woodcock-opioids-biden</ref> | ||
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| + | ==Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine== | ||
In August 2021, it was reported she as acting head of the [[Food and Drug Administration]], will give the [[Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine]], so far administered under [[ emergency use authorization]], a permanent approval, making the push for mandatory vaccinations far more intensive.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/08/20/world/covid-delta-variant-vaccine</ref> She will not be nominated permanent head of the Food and Drug Administration.<ref>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-08-19/janet-woodcock-ruled-out-for-permanent-fda-commissioner-post</ref> | In August 2021, it was reported she as acting head of the [[Food and Drug Administration]], will give the [[Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine]], so far administered under [[ emergency use authorization]], a permanent approval, making the push for mandatory vaccinations far more intensive.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/08/20/world/covid-delta-variant-vaccine</ref> She will not be nominated permanent head of the Food and Drug Administration.<ref>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-08-19/janet-woodcock-ruled-out-for-permanent-fda-commissioner-post</ref> | ||
Revision as of 06:50, 23 August 2021
 Janet Woodcock    (civil servant, health bureaucrat, Big pharma/Lobbyist) | ||||||||||
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| Born | August 29, 1948 | |||||||||
| Nationality | US | |||||||||
| Alma mater | Bucknell University, Northwestern University | |||||||||
| Spouse | Roger Miller | |||||||||
| Member of | Operation Warp Speed | |||||||||
Big Pharma civil servant responsible for the approval of opioid drugs, creating the United States opioid epidemic killing hundreds of thousands. In August 2021, responsible for giving permanent US approval of COVID-19 vaccines.
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Janet Woodcock is a US civil servant working in the health administration.
As head of the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, the FDA department responsible for approving new prescription opioids, she was instrumental in the approval of a powerful opioid, Zohydro, even though the FDA’s own scientific advisory committee voted 11-2 to keep the drug off the market because it was unsafe. The FDA leadership has the authority to override the decisions of its advisory committees.[1]
A letter from opioid victims claimed she “consistently put the interests of opioid manufacturers ahead of public health, often overruling its own scientific advisors and ignoring the pleas of public health groups, state Attorneys General, and outraged victims of the opioid crisis”.[1]
Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine
In August 2021, it was reported she as acting head of the Food and Drug Administration, will give the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, so far administered under emergency use authorization, a permanent approval, making the push for mandatory vaccinations far more intensive.[2] She will not be nominated permanent head of the Food and Drug Administration.[3]
