David Gortler

Dr. David Gortler is a former fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center.

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Unforgivable Hypocrisy From FDA’s Career CDER Leadership

David Gortler

The same career FDA bureaucrat who loudly crowed about “following the science” to discredit President Trump has approved a failed Alzheimer’s drug.

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Forbes / July 19, 2021

FDA’s New CDER Director Grants Approval of Yet Another Expensive, Scientifically Questionable Drug … More…

David Gortler

Since the FDA operates without external oversight, it’s not possible to hold the agency accountable for bad approval decisions that ultimately place taxpayers on the hook for hundreds of billions of dollars via Medicare Part B program.

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Forbes / June 11, 2021

Drug Quality “Trumps” Drug Pricing

David Gortler

There is an enormous national security risk to relying on geopolitical adversaries like China for America’s life-saving drugs. This is similar to the risk that both the Republican and Democrat parties recognized with respect to our energy supplies, where a renewed focus on domestic production enabled the U.S. to become a net oil exporter by 2019. The move to energy independence created good paying jobs for thousands of Americans.

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Forbes / May 25, 2021

China Is at War with the FDA. Guess Who’s Winning.

David Gortler

China is allowing only those tested for COVID-19 and vaccinated with its proprietary vaccines to enter their country. This represents a problem when it comes to the regulation of drugs for American consumers: China’s vaccine entry requirements make it nearly impossible for the FDA to fully staff regulatory operational activity in China.  

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Forbes / April 23, 2021

The FDA Under Biden – Here’s How Drug Safety, Public Health Issues Are Being Compromised

David Gortler

The Biden administration’s instant political dismissal of key public health and FDA safety programs, without any reasonable transition, not only dissolved great ideas and threw away decades of expertise and insight – it wasted taxpayer money.

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Fox News / March 20, 2021