When Steven Galson, then-acting director of the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, announced the rejection, he said the decision was his own, had been recently made and was based on scientific concerns. The GAO report, however, indicates the decision was solidified months earlier and that other top officials were involved in the decision.

Ah, how nice of them. It didn't matter what the scientists and doctors said, the political hacks were going to nix it anyway.