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We've now long reached the point where we can give the market a free hand/carte blanche in pharma matters. Now it's time for Government to act and to do so urg
by hilbert42 7y ago
We've now long reached the point where we can give the market a free hand/carte blanche in pharma matters. Now it's time for Government to act and to do so urgently.
If ethics ever played a role in pharma—which I doubt [remember thalidomide]—then it certainly does not do so now. As health and lives of its citizens are at stake then it's the responsibility of Government to rectify this situation.
After all, the first responsibility of government is to protect the security and well-being of its citizens. If it fails to do so here then it's abrogating its responsibility.
- decoyworker 7y agoI agree. The free-market did not work, time for regulations.
- hilbert42 7y agoDead on!
- hilbert42 7y agoAbove, I should have added that in times past, when it comes to pharma, we did have government regulators who had decent, first-class ethics, and it's a damn shame that we do not have more of them now (as they need to be pressuring government to regulate this issue). Perhaps it's a timely reminder to remember the marvelous woman, Frances Kelsey, who single-handed saved the US from the thalidomide scourge: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances_Oldham_Kelsey https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances_Oldham_Kelsey