Japanese scientists develop vaccine to eliminate cells behind aging

Re:Japanese scientists develop vaccine to eliminate cells be... by bpodgursky on Sunday December 12, 2021 @06:30PM (#29534813)

Accelerated FDA approvals (willingness to grant EUAs), fewer blocks around human trials, even just having the FDA respond faster and more definitively would be a huge improvement over their current opaque processes (waiting weeks to even get a response to an email).

Not to mention... funding.

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Re:Japanese scientists develop vaccine to eliminate cells be... by gumby on Sunday December 12, 2021 @08:47PM (#29535646)

Have you ever filed anything with the FDA? I have. The process is (understandably) cumbersome, but it is well described. I certainly don’t think communication is a barrier to drug development.

There are a lot of things that could be tweaked, but at a gross level it’s pretty consistent. In fact the recent, seemingly politicized, accelerated approval of aducanumab certainty caused a lot of turmoil and appears to have been a mistake.

When I was gestating my mother’s colleagues apparently couldn’t understand why she wouldn’t take the miracle drug thalidomide (much less even aspirin). Lucky for me! In general I think the medical side of FDA works reasonably well.

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