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> We do not admit competitive medications from other first world countries without full FDA approval. Congress did that. I don't see this as a problem. Even if
by cgriswald 8y ago
> We do not admit competitive medications from other first world countries without full FDA approval. Congress did that.
I don't see this as a problem. Even if I were to stipulate that all other first world countries have processes equal in safety requirements to that of the FDA, I still wouldn't see this as a problem. In a scenario without this, pharmaceutical companies would be able to pressure multiple government agencies until it found one willing to reduce its safety requirements. Then they could push all their drugs through that agency, making an end run around the more stringent requirements of the FDA.
- bgorman 8y agoThere have been drugs that have been approved in Europe, yet take more than a decade to get FDA approval. The FDA may be more stringent, but it certainly can be argued it is too slow to approve drugs. Even sunscreen is better in Europe due to the FDA.
- chimeracoder 8y ago> Even sunscreen is better in Europe due to the FDA. I've looked into this. The sunscreens available in Europe are not necessarily better than the ones available in the US. For some people (like me), many of them are strictly worse - it depends on your skin type. But as for FDA approval, the relevant part of this thread, it's not clear that those should be approved in the US. A number of them have been found to be excreted in breast milk, which the FDA has specifically cited as an issue for approving them, and that is indeed a real problem.
- malms 8y agoAs a european: lol. Keep your weapons well keep our cheese ><