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In order to comply with the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDCA), it is a requirement that manufacturers obtain Food and Drug Administration(FDA) approval before proceeding to market any brand-name or generic drug in interstate commerce. The generic drug must have the same chemical counterparts as the approved brand-name drug. Once the drug is approved, the manufacturer is not allowed to make any vital changes to the overall quantifiable formulation of the drug product such as the active…

In my opinion, I believe that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) should have mentioned the EpiPen characteristics that made the product unsafe. For example, instead of broadly saying that the company didn’t follow the guidelines and had product failures, they could have explained in more detail the exact thing that wasn’t right. I would have also liked to see some visual representations of the EpiPen to see the differences of how Mylan was selling the product in comparison to how it should…

Governor Hogan, I heard about the Purple Line proposal that has been circulating for awhile now. After doing more research, I have concluded that I do not believe that we should build the new light rail because of the impact that it will have on the environment, the businesses in the new area, and the expenses. As you may know, the construction of the new Purple Line will cause damage to Rock Creek Park and the Capital Crescent Trail. The Purple Line would displace the current Capital…

Annotated Bibliography Corkill, Katherine. "Are Cosmetic or Skincare Products FDA Approved or Certified?" Personal Care Truth or Scare. Personal Care Truth, 16 July 2013. Web. 16 Nov. 2016. In this article, Corkill explains why a lot of cosmetic companies are not actually FDA Approved or even FDA Certified. She explained how the labeling on these products may be misleading to the customers. Instead, she gave information on what the FDA actually approves. She notes that having that label isn’t…

In 2010, a court case was brought forth to the Supreme Court, Citizens United v. the Federal Election Commission. The case dealt with corporations and unions spending on political ads and other political tools, in order to attempt to elect or defeat individual potential politicians (Dunbar). The Supreme Court ultimately came to a 5-4 decision in favor of Citizens United (Dunbar). This ruling basically gave the go-ahead to giant unions and corporations to fund, whichever politician will benefit…

corporations and unions may appear poignant and disconcerting in the traditional standards of appropriate political etiquette, I agree that Citizens United has the right to project their views about a candidate regardless of the amount of time before an election. I understand how they won their case citing that they had the right to the first amendment of freedom of speech. However, I understand how such unions with large contributions from powerful corporations can become dangerously corrupt.…

corrupting our elections. Dark money’s role in our politics is that high dollar corporations and million and billionaire “investors” are able to fund and tell the candidate what to say and vote for in order to benefit the corporations and influence the election and not disclose their donors. The effects of dark money can be seen from its past history, and both its positive and negative effects. The use of dark money has been used by politicians throughout the last several…

program called PRISM (NSA). Through PRISM the NSA was allowed to collect information about Facebook users both in real time and through the stored data on Facebook’s servers (NSA). The collected information was then distributed from the NSA to the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Central Intelligence Agency (NSA). The information collected was not restricted to only users in the United States, but also included users from across the globe…

Citizens United is a controversial court case that enabled corporations to spend an unlimited sum of money to promote politicians of their selection, (American Civil Liberties Union). Various organizations and individuals have taken stands on the issue on every part of the spectrum, leaving many to wonder who’s right and who’s wrong. This issue boiled down to one issue- the freedom of speech as protected by the first amendment. Some individuals argue that the decision to allow corporations to go…

Campaign finance is a very controversial topic among Americans. Not a lot of U.S. citizens seem to be content with the system in place today due to the rising costs. This results in the average citizen feeling as if candidates will be more responsive to the opinions of people who donate more versus those who donate less. In the spring of 2002, the Bipartisan Campaign Finance Reform act was passed. Later, in 2010, this reform act was ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in Citizens United…