I have to admit I found this tl;dr. That's my bad, because it's an important article. All the bureaucratese in the RFPs and heavy-duty lawyering just add, unne

I have to admit I found this tl;dr. That's my bad, because it's an important article. All the bureaucratese in the RFPs and heavy-duty lawyering just add, unnecessarily and hugely, to the cost. At bottom, though, you have: 1) A lot of human beings who have to be recruited and paid to be subjects 2) Medical institutions that have to administer the drugs or run the devices 3) A sufficient amount of elapsed time for effects and side effects to manifest 4) A reporting system that's trustworthy So at best you could cut (puts finger to the wind) half the cost? Surely not 90%.