Many medical devices on the market have undergone no clinical testing

Re:Many medical devices on the market have undergone no clin... by moccachino on Friday February 16, 2018 @04:00AM (#16390945)

"So, in 2006 the US FDA started the Unapproved Drugs Initiative. The US government said they would give an exclusive right to the drug to anyone who did the science."

This right here is the problem. The US government could easily have put a 1 cent tax on every pill and used it to have the FDA contract out the safety research. But instead it chose to grant a private venture yet another monopoly.

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Re:Many medical devices on the market have undergone no clin... by adrianratnapala on Sunday February 18, 2018 @04:51PM (#16408943)

This would still leave the question of deciding which, of an huge number arguably medical human activities to subject to scrutiny. Various commercial interests will find ways of sticking their noses into the game of maybe-maybe-not banning something.

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Re:Many medical devices on the market have undergone no clin... by moccachino on Tuesday February 20, 2018 @03:46AM (#16418784)

Sure, but every process is corruptible. The point is there was absolutely no reason to create and grant a monopoly in this case.

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