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 potentially harmful side effects. This is an example of ________.

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This scenario is an example of bureaucratic capture, where a regulatory agency, such as the FDA, is influenced by the industry it is supposed to regulate, leading to decisions that may favor the industry's interests over public interest.

Employees of the Food and Drug Administration Are in Frequent