Pentagon Workaround A Bad Idea

Some ideas are bad. Others are simply terrible. A group of Congressional lawmakers has found a way to put military personnel at risk and undermine regulatory standards for approving medicines – all at once.

“Essentially, it looks like this [Legislation] would [allow] non-voluntary experimentation on soldiers,” said Alex Major, a retired Air Force intelligence officer who is now a partner at the McCarter & English law firm, which represents drug makers, among others.