Public Citizen Mourns Passing of Dr. Sidney Wolfe, A Towering Public Health Leader
JANUARY 1, 2024
Washington, D.C. — “America has lost a towering public health leader and an unparalleled consumer champion. Public Citizen has lost one of our founders and I and many others have lost a great friend. My dear friend Sid Wolfe passed away earlier today. He was 86 years old.
“Dr. Sidney Wolfe founded the Health Research Group in 1971 with Ralph Nader, part of the enterprise that launched as Public Citizen that same year. Sid invented a new approach of ‘research-based advocacy’ to get dangerous drugs and devices off the market, win new protections for worker health and safety, address doctor misconduct, challenge the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to do its job, and hold pharmaceutical companies accountable.
https://www.citizen.org/news/public-citizen-mourns-passing-of-dr-sidney-wolfe-a-towering-public-health-leader/