The Food and Drug Administration does not have which of the following powers:
A) to restrict false advertising of drugs
B) to inspect factories where drugs are manufactured
C) to prosecute physicians who violate the learned intermediary rule
D) to seize drugs that have been approved to be on the market
E) all of the other choices are FDA powers

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The FDA does not have the power to prosecute physicians who violate the learned intermediary rule, which is a legal doctrine that states that a prescribing physician acts as a "learned intermediary" between the patient and the drug manufacturer, and is responsible for explaining the risks and benefits of a drug to the patient. This is a matter for the courts and state medical boards.

The Food and Drug Administration Does Not Have Which of the Following