Lawyers who want to sue drug companies will be drooling over the news that the FDA has “certified” a 2009 letter sent anonymously by FDA staff to President Obama describing “systemic corruption and wrongdoing that permeates all levels of FDA.”

The FDA’s official recognition of the letter means that lawyers who want to use it to demonstrate that the FDA isn’t perfect won’t have to go through weeks of tedious discovery demands to find someone at the FDA who can officially say, “Yup, we sent that.” That’s going to be a headache for drug companies who often defend their drugs in court by saying, “Hey, the FDA said this product was fine and we did everything they asked — so it’s not fair to hold us responsible.”

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