Nonetheless, they are not likely to fund research which indicts their products, nor continue funding labs whose findings are unfavorable.
Federal funding gets slimmer each year.
Although professorial positions are not always based on grant getting ability, and many do fine without large grants. The FDA does not fund tests of new drugs or products nor do individual universities. Therefore, the manufacturer, who stands to profit from the approval of the drug or product, does. Almost all drugs on the market enter in this way. Another case is Prozac, for which studies and protocols to gain approval where funded by the manufacturer.