Critics of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) sometimes argue that the agency acts in the interest of the pharmaceutical industry that it should be regulating rather than in the interest of the public. These critics believe that the FDA is
a. an issue network.
b. a captured agency.
c. an iron triangle.
d. a subgovernment.
e. an issue domination.
b
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