Employees of the Food and Drug Administration are in frequent contact with pharmaceutical company representatives,and over time these bureaucrats hear more and more stories from company representatives about people who are harmed because medications remain unavailable during the lengthy process of clinical trials.As more and more employees of the FDA become convinced that these harms must be addressed,the agency moves to shorten the length of required clinical trials,even though drugs may reach the market with more unknown and potential harmful side effects.This is an example of ____________________.

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This scenario describes bureaucratic capture, where regulatory agencies are influenced by the industries they are supposed to regulate, leading to decisions that favor industry interests over public welfare.

Employees of the Food and Drug Administration Are in Frequent