Is the FDA Too Conservative or Too Aggressive? Analysis of Clinical Trial Design

Re:Is the FDA Too Conservative or Too Aggressive? Analysis o... by AnimalMuppet on Monday August 31, 2015 @02:16PM (#10148199)

This is not an easy problem. If the FDA is too conservative, people will die who could have lived. If the FDA is too aggressive, a different group of people will die who could have lived. And no matter where the FDA is on the spectrum (insane extremes excluded), there are people in both groups who die. And there are people who cared for those in both groups, who scream about how the FDA is doing it all wrong, and who have diametrically opposed views on how the FDA should change.

Maybe the test should be whether the screaming is equally loud from both sides...

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Re:Is the FDA Too Conservative or Too Aggressive? Analysis o... by crusso on Monday August 31, 2015 @02:38PM (#10148308)

Maybe if the FDA were only making recommendations then people could decide for themselves whether to go with the doctor who advising an FDA-approved treatment vs going with some other doctor who is advising something else?

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