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In that case I want to see more wild west because this is working fine for me.

by terminalshort 8mo ago

p_ing 8mo ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thalidomide_scandal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thalidomide_scandal
- lotsofpulp 8mo ago
  That specific medicine is about a molecule that was insufficiently vetted. It does not seem as egregious as the risk of getting medication made in other countries. As far as I know, all the patented medicine comes from barely audited factories in places like India anyway.
  - p_ing 8mo ago
    Yes, it was insufficiently vetted. And the FDA blocked it because of that. Yet we have people wanting to repeat the same mistakes. Like FAA rules, FDA rules are written in someone’s blood. Someone died for those rules so we don’t have to experience the same consequences.
    - Dylan16807 8mo ago
      > Yet we have people wanting to repeat the same mistakes. They were talking about a whole different set of rules.
dalyons 8mo ago
Me too. This particular Wild West scenario clearly benefits the public
- estearum 8mo ago
  Yes yes, it's super beneficial to destroy the incentive for anyone to risk billions of dollars and decades of research to develop new breakthrough medications for people
  - dalyons 8mo ago
    they could lower the price, destroy these compounders via competition, and still be some of the most profitable companies on the planet.
    - estearum 8mo ago
      As stated elsewhere, the competition in pharmaceuticals does not live (nor should it) in cost of production. It's in R&D. So no, pharma companies cannot systematically dump billions of dollars into developing new medical breakthroughs and then race to the bottom on production efficiency with unregulated pill mills from every backwater on the planet with an Internet connection and a parcel service. At least, not if you want science to move forward in your lifetime. As a person who has used, currently uses, and will in the future use medicines, I really prefer that we don't eliminate the financial viability of efforts to continue making better ones.

In that case I want to see more wild west because this is working fine for me.

p_ing 8mo ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thalidomide_scandal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thalidomide_scandal

lotsofpulp 8mo ago
That specific medicine is about a molecule that was insufficiently vetted. It does not seem as egregious as the risk of getting medication made in other countries. As far as I know, all the patented medicine comes from barely audited factories in places like India anyway.
- p_ing 8mo ago
  Yes, it was insufficiently vetted. And the FDA blocked it because of that. Yet we have people wanting to repeat the same mistakes. Like FAA rules, FDA rules are written in someone’s blood. Someone died for those rules so we don’t have to experience the same consequences.
  - Dylan16807 8mo ago
    > Yet we have people wanting to repeat the same mistakes. They were talking about a whole different set of rules.

dalyons 8mo ago

Me too. This particular Wild West scenario clearly benefits the public

estearum 8mo ago
Yes yes, it's super beneficial to destroy the incentive for anyone to risk billions of dollars and decades of research to develop new breakthrough medications for people
- dalyons 8mo ago
  they could lower the price, destroy these compounders via competition, and still be some of the most profitable companies on the planet.
  - estearum 8mo ago
    As stated elsewhere, the competition in pharmaceuticals does not live (nor should it) in cost of production. It's in R&D. So no, pharma companies cannot systematically dump billions of dollars into developing new medical breakthroughs and then race to the bottom on production efficiency with unregulated pill mills from every backwater on the planet with an Internet connection and a parcel service. At least, not if you want science to move forward in your lifetime. As a person who has used, currently uses, and will in the future use medicines, I really prefer that we don't eliminate the financial viability of efforts to continue making better ones.