>Do you want to see pseudoscience stem cell "therapies" sold on late night infomercials as a panacea? Mandatory FDA approval is orthogonal to over-the-counter

>Do you want to see pseudoscience stem cell "therapies" sold on late night infomercials as a panacea? Mandatory FDA approval is orthogonal to over-the-counter sales. Surely you don't think the government should prohibit a medical decision between a patient and her doctor... > when startups overpromise, misrepresent, and take risks, the worst that usually happens... Yes, the risk people are willing to bear is proportional to the damage it can cause. This is probably why terminal patients are willing to risk experimental drugs.