Susan Wood Quotes

The issue is, once you`ve involved politics in the drug approval process, there`s no way to put that genie back in the bottle.

I don`t believe the agency was acting independently, ... It`s very troubling.

We`re working under a tight budget this year, very tight.

Women were being denied access to a product that could reduce unintended pregnancy and the need for abortion and it was being blocked for reasons that were not credible or understandable by me,

no longer serve as staff when scientific and clinical evidence, fully evaluated and recommended for approval by the professional staff here, has been overruled.

(The Plan B decision) is a double standard based on age for over-the-counter sales,

She`s a very capable and dedicated person who will do an excellent job.

(After decades of focusing on men`s health, many experts agree that this apparent backlash is premature.) We still haven`t done all the catch-up that we need to do, ... We don`t want women`s health to be a flash in the pan.

I can no longer serve as staff when scientific and clinical evidence, fully evaluated and recommended for approval by the professional staff here, has been overruled.

(The timorous men who run the FDA had promised a decision on Plan B this summer; this was after delay upon delay over the past two years and intense shrieking from anti-abortion groups who wrong-headedly claim that Plan B causes abortion.) I was supposed to be the champion of women`s health at the agency, ... Science needs to be the main decision driving health policy, not politics.