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Show _ TheSalt LakeTribune UTAH/NATION SLOC TreadsLightly “Weare tired ofhearing the complaint the FDA can't regu late us because theydon't have the money,” says’ Israelson, who supported more FDA funding for supplement regu: lation ata Marchcongressional hearing, “Since 194, the FDA has issued more than 30 proposed regulations for dietary supplements, Somepeople may not like how weare regulated, but weare regulated,” Oneof those people is Yale Schoolof Medicine Dean David Kessler, former FDA commis: sionerandaide to Hatch, “Congress has shown little On Supplements @ From previous page reforms in U.S. supplement regulation against the appear: ance of any ungratefulness for Hatch's help on 2002 funding. Before becoming SLOC president, Mitt Romney founded Bain Capital, which “actively” invests client funds in supplement makers Leiner Health Products and Ferrosan Neutriceuticals, former Weider subsidiary Icon, andthelargest retail drug store chains in Canada and NewYork City, Oneof the first post-scandal 2002 sponsors Romney landed was Pharmanex, a supplement maker that does not market pro-hormones, ‘That puts SLOC's chief med: {eal officer, Charles Rich, in a delicate position. He consulted with Utah AMA delegates on theresolutionbut ts careful not to label all supplement manu: fucturers as irresponsible, “You cannot make generali vations, but it's a matter ofen: interest in protecting consum: ers fromthe hazards ofdietary supplements,let alonefromthe fraudulent claims that are made, since its members apparently believe that few of these products place people in real danger,” Kesslerwrotelast SALES EVENT IN UTAH HISTORY STARTS THURSDAY! 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The FDA just needs to do a better Job of enforcing the and patients’ health," says Rich, former president of the American Assocation of Neu rological Surgeons. “When you remove a functional pituitary the THE LARGEST year in the New England Journal ofMedicine. suring fairness in competition dards Monday, May 21, 2001 basically wants, the prices would in: 25 200 crease 10‘fold and you would bankrupt: 9 percent of the induistr'y," University of Utah medic nal chemistry professor David Roll, who heads the U.S. Phar: macopoela Convention's expert committee on nonbotanical dietary supplements, says phar macists too would like to see quality standards for supple: ments similar to pharmaceutlcals. 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