John adriani banned from FDA by pharmaceutical industry: an historical vignette and cartoon

David Broussard; Amit Yajnik

John adriani banned from FDA by pharmaceutical industry: an historical vignette and cartoon

Ochsner J. 2011 Spring;11(1):10-1.

Authors

David Broussard¹, Amit Yajnik

Affiliation

¹ Department of Anesthesiology, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, LA.

PMID: 21603327
PMCID: PMC3096171

Abstract

In 1969, Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Herbert Ley offered New Orleans anesthesiologist John Adriani, MD, the role of director of the Bureau of Medicine. Dr Adriani accepted the offer, but it was quickly withdrawn, in part based on pressure from the pharmaceutical industry. It opposed Dr Adriani's appointment because of his work promoting generic drugs. This episode was the subject of a 1969 cartoon in the Hartford Times by Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Ed Valtman.

Keywords: Gaylord Nelson; John Adriani; generic; pharmaceutical.