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"mostly meaningless" is an overstatement. The FDA oversees a lot of drug applications and gets it right a vast majority of the time. No human endeavor is perf
by deeg 5y ago
"mostly meaningless" is an overstatement. The FDA oversees a lot of drug applications and gets it right a vast majority of the time. No human endeavor is perfect; if there's evidence that 20% of approvals are wrong then I'll agree that there's a problem.
- SantalBlush 5y ago>No human endeavor is perfect This should be posted to the front page of the site. I get so tired of seeing comments pointing out some flaw in an institution and concluding that the institution is therefore useless. It really is lazy thinking.
- jsrjenkins 5y agoIt is also lazy thinking to say that since it is approved by an institution it must be good.
- mdp2021 5y agoI think the point is more about putting "authority" into perspective.
- throwawayzz007 5y agoOne third of all FDA approved drugs from 2001 to 2010 were pulled from the market post-approval. So it’s not 20%. It’s a third.