BREAKING PART II: FDA Executive Officer Exposes Close Ties Between Agency and Pharmaceutical Companies "They[Pharma] give you[FDA] more money...that's great, and it increases the chance of approval" “A billion dollars a year into FDA’s budget from people we regulate" "They pay us hundreds of millions of dollars a year to hire and keep the reviewers to approve their products.” "We charge the industry millions of dollars in order to hire more drug reviewers and vaccine reviewers- So, they [pharmaceutical companies] make more money.” #FDAbudget