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>The current regulations are setup so that it costs a mountain of money to make an antibiotic and you can only make a molehill of money. That seems like regulat
by magduf 7y ago
>The current regulations are setup so that it costs a mountain of money to make an antibiotic and you can only make a molehill of money. That seems like regulating the R&D away.
So why can't pharma companies move their operations to countries with fewer regulations?
- JamesBarney 7y agoIf you get drug approved in Uganda the FDA won't let you sell it here. You still need to pass FDA phase 1 2 and 3 trials.
- magduf 7y agoWell if you're making a drug to immunize against Ebola, you don't really need it to be FDA approved, since most of the Ebola is in Africa. Getting it approved in Uganda is sufficient. Then, if it comes across the Atlantic and starts killing Americans left and right, while Africans are immunized because their approval process was easier, it would be interesting to see what the FDA does.