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Since I like torturing metaphors, let's say that the GDPR was instead a law prohibiting the sale of fake medicine. What happened in this case is that the Unrol
by thefifthsetpin 8y ago
Since I like torturing metaphors, let's say that the GDPR was instead a law prohibiting the sale of fake medicine.
What happened in this case is that the Unroll me pill manufacturer announced that they'd not be selling their pills in the EU anymore due to the GDPR.
So, though your concerns remain valid in the general case, in this particular case there could be no shifty arbiter. Unroll me self-assessed and decided that their own pills are fake.
- jMyles 8y agoIn this case, you're probably right. ...but what if you were selling a medicine that you knew worked, that you really believed in, but that you knew was going to be labeled fake by an arbiter in the employ of your competitor (and I think it's not unfair to say that the FDA is, at times, exactly this)? Might you decide not to spend the money to attempt to achieve compliance? Don't you think that some well-meaning organizations, knowing that they have powerful, well-connected beasts who wish failure for them, might opt to just stay out of Europe (either initially or always) instead of facing the costs of assuring compliance?