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    The Trump administration just purged the sleepy watchdog office that is supposed to police clinical trials. Nothing will take its place.

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    • “This is a disaster for effective oversight,” said Robert Steinbrook, director of the Public Citizen Health Research Group. “There’s not going to be much federal involvement in protecting human subjects.” https://t.co/wxVVR5Llof https://t.co/7UiV997Gru

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    The hype about GLP-1 drugs for Type 2 diabetes and/or obesity reached new heights as TIME dipped into the abyss of obsequiousness with its recent cover story about drugmaker Eli Lilly and research on a new oral pill to compete with the current injectable products.

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    • GLP-1 drug hype reaches new heights as TIME dips into the abyss of obsequiousness with piles of superlatives for Lilly’s pill in development. I point to contrasting NY Times story. https://t.co/8qIqa1TW5m https://t.co/VOJNyknoz4