The US market is so lucrative that drug companies will go through FDA certification, but it is definitely more costly. It is arguable that disasters such as pre

The US market is so lucrative that drug companies will go through FDA certification, but it is definitely more costly. It is arguable that disasters such as prescribing Thalidomide to pregnant women for morning sickness, and even selling it over the counter, is less likely with a more rigorous agency. > Thalidomide was first marketed in 1957 in West Germany under the trade-name Contergan. [...] Primarily prescribed as a sedative or hypnotic, [...] Afterwards, it was used against nausea and to alleviate morning sickness in pregnant women. Thalidomide became an over-the-counter drug in West Germany on October 1, 1957. Shortly after the drug was sold in West Germany, between 5,000 and 7,000 infants were born with phocomelia (malformation of the limbs). Only 40% of these children survived. Throughout the world, about 10,000 cases were reported of infants with phocomelia due to thalidomide; only 50% of the 10,000 survived. Those subjected to thalidomide while in the womb experienced limb deficiencies in a way that the long limbs either were not developed or presented themselves as stumps. Other effects included deformed eyes and hearts... [1] In practice, there are a lot of problems that prevent it from only being a more rigorous quality control, but it also isn't entirely bad. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thalidomide https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thalidomide