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Re:To improve medical trials, justify exclusion criteria by photochemsyn on Tuesday April 26, 2022 @11:36AM (#31168828)
You can get that quote from the linked text. Notice I'm not actually attacking 'free-market economic theory' per se - but we could adjust the behavior of FDA regulators and pharmaceutical corporate boards by (1) banning FDA regulators from ever taking jobs or gifts from the entities they're supposed to be regulating and (2) enforcing criminal penalties for fraud and deception in the pharmaceutical sector.

There's nothing like a 5-10 year term in an American prison to reduce happiness...

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Re:To improve medical trials, justify exclusion criteria by toto444 on Tuesday April 26, 2022 @11:43AM (#31168920)
> You can get that quote from the linked text

True. Utility is increasing with revenue. I misunderstood this part of your comment. I read it as : 'if we want to maximum social utility let's prioritise rich people'.

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