"The FDA has a pretty high threshold for conflict of interest, " says Sidney Wolfe, of the watchdog group Public Citizen.

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Sidney Wolfe of Public Citizen, an American watchdog group, even argues that these new recommendations do not go far enough.

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But Vasella is considerably less kind to consumer interest groups like Sidney Wolfe's Public Citizen, which jumped on Zelnorm as a potentially dangerous drug.

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During the section for public comments Sidney Wolfe said that the trials were unethical for this reason, since apheresis represents the gold standard of treatment for these patients.

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Dr. Sidney Wolfe, director of the Health Research Group -- part of the nonprofit consumer advocacy organization Public Citizen -- isn't hopeful about the development of an effective and safe weight-loss drug.

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"Unless a plan is doing well on everything, patients are getting the short end of the stick, " says Sidney Wolfe, director of Public Citizen's Health Research Group and an author of the report.

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Though the supposed smoking gun revealed by Sidney Wolfe , director of the Public Citizen Health Research Group, raises concern about the actions of the drug's manufacturer, Pfizer (nyse: PFE - news - people ), it appears to be far from a final word on Celebrex.

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