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> From my layman's understanding, in the US, it is almost impossible to get FDA approval for drugs that "improve" or "enhance" human biology. Drugs must treat
by strbean 2y ago
> From my layman's understanding, in the US, it is almost impossible to get FDA approval for drugs that "improve" or "enhance" human biology.
Drugs must treat disease, and the benefits must outweigh the risks.
With the exception of cosmetic surgery; for some reason Botox's "avoid face wrinkles" somehow outweighs the risk of permanent paralysis.
But this is a treatment for a serious disease, so I'm sure those standards aren't the barrier here.
- jklinger410 2y ago> Drugs must treat disease, and the benefits must outweigh the risks. But why? lol
- xvector 2y agoBecause our society is rooted in puritanical, old and crude notions of what it means to be human. This makes its way into legislation. It is one of the reasons I despise the FDA, it is an incredibly narrow-minded institution. If you made a drug that immeasurably improved QoL for 99.99% of users, you still wouldn't be allowed to sell it. The administration sucks.
- bobthepanda 2y agoBotox was not originally developed for wrinkles or approved for wrinkles, and a lot of the ways it gets used today are off-label.
- bboygravity 2y agoBotox was originally developed by a bacterium because: evolution.