By Lynn R. Webster, MD
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine recently removed two very respected scholars, Mary Lynn McPherson, PharmD, and Gregory Terman, MD, PhD—along with other doctors—from the FDA medical advisory panel. They will not officially disclose their reasons for removing Dr. McPherson and the other highly qualified doctors from the panel. However, the ousting apparently was motivated by a letter that was sent to the panel by Sen. Ron Wyden