If the RECORD trial was reliable, the logic goes, then the 2006 decision by CDER to conceal the risks of Avandia did not represent a dereliction of its public duty.

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" When somebody replied that government officials shouldn't demand off-the-record meetings, Woodhouse answered: "By that logic, journos shouldn't accept anonymous leaks.

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