<i>Donald Rumsfeld was on the board for Gilead Sciences</i><p>Donald Rumsfeld was a biotech CEO before he got into politics!  Why wouldn&#x27;t you want him on the board of your biotech?<p>You seem to be twisting the facts here.  I would also argue that the most drastic change with the FDA wasn&#x27;t during the Reagan years, but during the Clinton years and Clinton himself wasn&#x27;t really leading the effort.