Morris Waxler, PhD. From 1996 to 2000 was the FDA's chief scientist in charge of the clinical trials research for laser eye surgery.
http://www.lasikcomplications.com/Waxler_petition_FDA_stop_LASIK(6Jan11).pdf
http://www.lasikcomplications.com/Waxler_petition_FDA_stop_LASIK(6Jan11).pdf
"FDA originally counted glare, halos, dry eye, night driving difficulties, and similar problems after excimer laser refractive surgery as adverse events, e.g. page 16 of the Patient Information Brochure for P970053c says “…adverse events beyond the first few months: night vision difficulty (48.1% at six months)…glare (34.4% at 6 months)…” LASIK manufacturers and their collaborators successfully pressured FDA to classify these problems as mere “symptoms” so that manufacturers could claim that the adverse event rate is less than one percent."
"LASIK manufacturers and their collaborators emphasized “patient satisfaction” to divert FDA attention from continuing LASIK-patient complaints about glare, halos, dry eye and night driving problems."
"To this moment they and their collaborators have been successfully engaged in a pattern of falsifying, misrepresenting, manipulating, and withholding safety and effectiveness data from FDA to make their LASIK devices appear safer than they are."
