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Kevin Trudeau?......Seriously?
Likewise, FDA approval has become a status of dubious nature, as they are deemed above reproach for such approved debacles as Fen-phen and Vioxx. Indeed, the FDA acts more like a protection racket for BigPharm, rather than a vanguard of the public safety.
Like to take your side, Rod, but your sources are at least as suspect as are the antagonists.
I didn't say it was a conspiracy...It's basically a protection racket for BigPharm, that serves to squeeze out competitors who can't afford the ridiculously exorbitant costs of getting a new medication or device approved. Lest we leave out "orphan drugs" which are effective but treat so few people that the costs of approval cannot ever be recouped in a reasonable time frame.Kevin Trudeau?......Seriously?
Likewise, FDA approval has become a status of dubious nature, as they are deemed above reproach for such approved debacles as Fen-phen and Vioxx. Indeed, the FDA acts more like a protection racket for BigPharm, rather than a vanguard of the public safety.
Like to take your side, Rod, but your sources are at least as suspect as are the antagonists.
Bullshit, there are so many rules/regulations by the FDA. It's very easy to get a drug fail during clinical trials, which cost millions and millions of dollars and years to do. There is no conspiracy, FDA is there to protect us.
Vioxx and fen phen wasn't as big a deal as people make it out. Millions benefit, a rare percentage had bad side effects, and when it was noticed, it was pulled
FDA has its share of fuck-ups, for sure. And, some of those were in gross violation of ethics rules. Anyway, luckily the FDA successes outweigh their screw-ups.
I didn't say it was a conspiracy...It's basically a protection racket for BigPharm, that serves to squeeze out competitors weo can't affort the ridiculously exorbitant costs of getting a new medication or device approved.Kevin Trudeau?......Seriously?
Likewise, FDA approval has become a status of dubious nature, as they are deemed above reproach for such approved debacles as Fen-phen and Vioxx. Indeed, the FDA acts more like a protection racket for BigPharm, rather than a vanguard of the public safety.
Like to take your side, Rod, but your sources are at least as suspect as are the antagonists.
Bullshit, there are so many rules/regulations by the FDA. It's very easy to get a drug fail during clinical trials, which cost millions and millions of dollars and years to do. There is no conspiracy, FDA is there to protect us.
Vioxx and fen phen wasn't as big a deal as people make it out. Millions benefit, a rare percentage had bad side effects, and when it was noticed, it was pulled
Then, when bombs like Vioxx do make it onto the market, the FDA gets to wash their hands of culpability of approving the drug, while the pharmaceutical company has to eat the law suits.
Nice work, if you can get it.
Seriously, some employees of the FDA had a history of accepting a few choice ... ahem ... 'gifts' before there was a crackdown on ethics during the last administration. Most of that bad blood is gone - retired, asked to leave, made the choice that keeping their investments was more desirable than keeping a government job, etc. - and the FDA is trying to reclaim its once honorable reputation.FDA has its share of fuck-ups, for sure. And, some of those were in gross violation of ethics rules. Anyway, luckily the FDA successes outweigh their screw-ups.
It's not the FDA itself, but most of the time an issue comes up its unethical actions by the pharm companies.BUt they will end up getting screwed in the long run so not many companies are going to fuck around with fudging or hiding results, as it can lead to prison time for nthose involved.
Also,. the nature of drugs (hence why they continue to monitor it when it gets to market) is that people will have bad side effects, albiet a tiny amount
Absolutely.So the tort reform on vaccine makers removing them from any product liability responsibilities was a mistake?
Indeed.Absolutely.So the tort reform on vaccine makers removing them from any product liability responsibilities was a mistake?
By that same token, holding up the FDA as some sort of indispensable bureaucracy while simultaneously insulating them from any culpability for their blunders is equally insane.
Absolutely.So the tort reform on vaccine makers removing them from any product liability responsibilities was a mistake?
By that same token, holding up the FDA as some sort of indispensable bureaucracy while simultaneously insulating them from any culpability for their blunders is equally insane.
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Kevin Trudeau?......Seriously?
Likewise, FDA approval has become a status of dubious nature, as they are deemed above reproach for such approved debacles as Fen-phen and Vioxx. Indeed, the FDA acts more like a protection racket for BigPharm, rather than a vanguard of the public safety.
Like to take your side, Rod, but your sources are at least as suspect as are the antagonists.
The high prices are because BigBureacrat costs big bucks.
A market-based outfit like Underwriters Laboratories could fill the role of the FDA and slash costs by at least 1/2.
Kevin Trudeau?......Seriously?
Likewise, FDA approval has become a status of dubious nature, as they are deemed above reproach for such approved debacles as Fen-phen and Vioxx. Indeed, the FDA acts more like a protection racket for BigPharm, rather than a vanguard of the public safety.
Like to take your side, Rod, but your sources are at least as suspect as are the antagonists.
the downward spiral of the FDA began under Reagan. His fast track approval for medicines...
I agree. Vioxx was within regulation and all FDA requirements were met. It was a scapegoat for those who wanted to nail any BigPharma they could.Kevin Trudeau?......Seriously?
Likewise, FDA approval has become a status of dubious nature, as they are deemed above reproach for such approved debacles as Fen-phen and Vioxx. Indeed, the FDA acts more like a protection racket for BigPharm, rather than a vanguard of the public safety.
Like to take your side, Rod, but your sources are at least as suspect as are the antagonists.
the downward spiral of the FDA began under Reagan. His fast track approval for medicines...
What downward spiral? Drugs cost tons of money, imagine if they didn't speed up the FDA approval process, drugs would never get out,a nd would cost even more than they do now. Maybe there is just more drugs on the market that turn out to have nasty side effects because of the fact there has been a boom of technology leading to a bunch of new drugs during the 20 years since reagan was in office.
I mentioned this before but nobody seems to care, but even Vioxx had bad side efffects in only 2-3% of the millions that took the drugs, so it was hardly a widespread phenomenon of people dying. Plus the nature of drugs and differences in people make for never being able to predict if there will be side effects or not
