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I think the point is to make sure that no one dies or is hurt - the FDA takes a very strong view on preventing injury and death, not always weighting the opposi

I think the point is to make sure that no one dies or is hurt - the FDA takes a very strong view on preventing injury and death, not always weighting the opposite side of the coin of people who are already dying or being hurt (ex. taking years to approve drugs that have a high likelihood of helping more people than they hurt, but not doing so until being as close to totally sure as possible to try to prevent new deaths/injury)

Mirioron 7y ago
Basically, what you're saying is that the FDA likes keeping their jobs, because the only thing that can threaten them is them screwing up. It doesn't matter if approval is expensive or takes a long time, because they have no competition or incentive to do better.