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I have some issues with this statement, primarily because I don't know how you can ascertain the number of lives saved from new drugs. If someone is alive, are
by nkozyra 11y ago
I have some issues with this statement, primarily because I don't know how you can ascertain the number of lives saved from new drugs.
If someone is alive, are they alive because of the drugs? How could that even be quantified?
- stdbrouw 11y agoYou have to prove a drug saves or improves lives to get it approved in the first place. With the help of survival analysis and clinical trials, we most certainly can quantify it.
- Retric 11y agoYou would see an increase in lifespan. Let's put it this way, if 2001 drug save X(1) lives per year and 2002 drugs save X(2) live per year and 2003... Then in 2020 drugs in total are saving X(1) + X(2) + X(3)... lives per year which extends lifespans. So, you would see clear and stacking lifespan increase. My statement is that on average X(n) is clearly well under 20,000. So, plenty of caution is warranted.
- refurb 11y agoIt's not hard to figure out how many lives are saved. Take a look at AIDS for example. 1.2M people in the US have the disease. Since AIDS is now a chronic, non-fatal illness, AIDS drugs have saved at least 1.2M lives. And that's just one disease.