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Monday March 12, 2007

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Week of March 12, 2007

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10:00Food and Drug Administration

Guest host: Frank Sesno

A look at recent controversies concerning the agency and what is and is not changing in drug approval, food safety, and more.

Guests

Dr. Janet Woodcock, deputy commissioner and chief medical officer of the FDA

David Kessler, former commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, currently dean and vice chancellor of the University of California--San Francisco School of Medicine, and author of "A Question of Intent: A Great American Battle with a Deadly Industry" (PublicAffairs)

Gardiner Harris, reporter, New York Times

11:00John Sedgwick: "In My Blood" (Harper Collins)

Guest host: Frank Sesno

Writer John Sedgwick describes what he discovered about his family and his own struggle with depression when he delved deeper into the history of his family's past six generations.

Guests

John Sedgwick, author of the novels "The Dark House" and "The Education of Mrs. Bemis."

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