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Is there any studies to indicate FDA is useful to Americans in any way? Despite the absolutely mindblowing sh*t-pile of regulations that this agency creates eve

by tn13 10y ago

Is there any studies to indicate FDA is useful to Americans in any way? Despite the absolutely mindblowing sh*t-pile of regulations that this agency creates every year there does not seem to be any major difference between lifespans of Americans and neighboring Canada. Not to mention the EpiPen like fiascos are a direct result of FDA's collusion from very people it swears to protect us. FDA's existence seem to put a significant cost on doctors, pharma companies, patients and everyone related with no apparent benefit. Surely we can point one or two occasions where FDA might have saved American health but have we measured the times it actually harmed Americans by peddling falsehoods, increasing cost of drugs and delaying innovation ? Plenty of research seem to exist to point out that FDA might be doing more harm to us than good. http://www.fdareview.org/05_harm.php http://www.fdareview.org/05_harm.php

vkou 10y ago
Canada has an FDA equivalent, called Health Canada (The HPFB, to be precise.) It has a very similar process for drug approval, including a mindblowing shit-pile of regulations for what constitutes approval, what can and cannot be sold, and what the government will pay for. On, and the best part? It piggybacks off FDA approval, via mutual exchange of information between the parties. If you got FDA approval for your drug, you will have a much easier time selling it in Canada. Don't tear down a fence, unless you understand why it was built. Medicine is a shit-pile of complicated, and there's no shortage of people willing to peddle snake oil - or, starting from the best intentions, grossly misunderstand the efficacy of a treatment. There are always compromises that have to be made, between ensuring timely, affordable access to drugs, and being sure that those drugs actually behave as advertised. Some of the tradeoffs currently made may not be optimal - however, to dismiss them out of hand, without thoroughly understanding them is hubris.

by tn13 10y ago

vkou 10y ago

Canada has an FDA equivalent, called Health Canada (The HPFB, to be precise.) It has a very similar process for drug approval, including a mindblowing shit-pile of regulations for what constitutes approval, what can and cannot be sold, and what the government will pay for. On, and the best part? It piggybacks off FDA approval, via mutual exchange of information between the parties. If you got FDA approval for your drug, you will have a much easier time selling it in Canada. Don't tear down a fence, unless you understand why it was built. Medicine is a shit-pile of complicated, and there's no shortage of people willing to peddle snake oil - or, starting from the best intentions, grossly misunderstand the efficacy of a treatment. There are always compromises that have to be made, between ensuring timely, affordable access to drugs, and being sure that those drugs actually behave as advertised. Some of the tradeoffs currently made may not be optimal - however, to dismiss them out of hand, without thoroughly understanding them is hubris.