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Quality Control issues. There's an interesting post about the whole Epipen fiasco here: - http://slatestarcodex.com/2016/08/29/reverse-voxsplaining-drugs-vs-c
by ci5er 10y ago
Quality Control issues. There's an interesting post about the whole Epipen fiasco here:
- http://slatestarcodex.com/2016/08/29/reverse-voxsplaining-drugs-vs-chairs/ http://slatestarcodex.com/2016/08/29/reverse-voxsplaining-dr...
The author's first comment (the first response to the first comment) is (to me) also interesting...
- maxerickson 10y agoThat's kind of a fun juxtaposition there. A product withdrawn because it didn't work and a rant about complex regulation of products that consumers expect to be 100% reliable.
- Symmetry 10y agoAnd the FDA was right to withdraw it. But the only reason it was around in the first place was that it was a sophisticated but also relatively complicated improvement on the EpiPen. It's Europe's 8 different brands that are basically just as simple as an EpiPen that the author really wants in the US.