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Re:How Neglecting Minorities in Medical Research Has Led to ... by cabaalis on Thursday January 11, 2018 @05:24PM (#16128618)
Since development of medications is such a heavily regulated industry, it seems to me the correct course of action is through regulation. Require a testament of some sort of the drugs' tested effects on different races. Or maybe require that test groups be representative of the population.
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Re:How Neglecting Minorities in Medical Research Has Led to ... by blaurenceclark on Thursday January 11, 2018 @05:29PM (#16128668)
110% agree. The government has actually had a mandate out for publicly funded research since 1993, but only have enforcement rules been enacted and we have yet to see if they will be followed through on.

For research done by private institutions (Pharma, Biotech, etc.) there is no mandate and it's on the researcher to make it a thing.

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Re:How Neglecting Minorities in Medical Research Has Led to ... by blaurenceclark on Thursday January 11, 2018 @06:11PM (#16128949)
* All Minorities, not one minority, and technically I believe all funded research should reflect the populations that exist rather than focusing on one, and take the various genetic backgrounds into account when developing treatments.
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