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> Could drugs approved by European regulators be allowed without FDA approval? Why should they be? It's not like European regulators have a better track record
by chimeracoder 7y ago
> Could drugs approved by European regulators be allowed without FDA approval?
Why should they be? It's not like European regulators have a better track record than the FDA here.
- skybrian 7y agoAs long as they're not worse, it could result in more approved drugs.
- Symmetry 7y agoWell, Propranolol was available in Europe for its main indication about a decade earlier than it was allowed in the US saving 10,000s of lives. European drug regulation encourages competition in ways that provide for about a dozen EpiPen equivalents rather than just one provider that can jack up its price to $1000. You can buy sunscreen that blocks both UVA and UVB in Europe, though the FDA is thinking about maybe allowing those sunscreens in the US soon. They did miss Thalidomide, though.
- chimeracoder 7y ago> European drug regulation encourages competition in ways that provide for about a dozen EpiPen equivalents rather than just one provider that can jack up its price to $1000. This has literally nothing to do with FDA approval of NMEs.
- Symmetry 7y agoNo, but it is a reason you might want to be able to buy drugs imported from Europe.
- chimeracoder 7y ago> No, but it is a reason you might want to be able to buy drugs imported from Europe. Which is illegal in itself, for reasons that have nothing to do with FDA approval or the issues relevant to this article.