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Re:I wasted $40k on a fantastic startup idea (2020) by glitchc on Monday March 28, 2022 @12:38PM (#30832382)
Mismatch of incentives I think. Insurance companies and drug companies may not be interested in evidence-based selection. I suspect they would prefer biased results i.e. insurance would want the cheapest and deug companies would want the most revenue generating. Neither may be the optimal choice for the patient.
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Re:I wasted $40k on a fantastic startup idea (2020) by pandemicsoul on Monday March 28, 2022 @12:52PM (#30832587)
Yeah, but if his tool showed – hypothetically – that in 75% of cases the generic (or just the cheaper medication) was just as good or better, that seems like it would have been a slam dunk?
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