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Re:Cancer expert gets experimental treatment for incurable t... by zaptrem on Wednesday September 20, 2023 @01:00PM (#37586676)
I’d suggest adding:

- Cannot charge patient for treatment.

That way nobody can actually sell snake oil.

Re:Cancer expert gets experimental treatment for incurable t... by hef19898 on Wednesday September 20, 2023 @01:30PM (#37587056)
And apply medical trial standards. And everyone benefits, evem treatment isn't successful there are research results to work with.
Re:Cancer expert gets experimental treatment for incurable t... by tim333 on Thursday September 21, 2023 @07:24AM (#37596047)
Not charging would prevent treatments like the one in this article which would presumably be expensive. I think better that a doctor has to sign off a bit of paper saying they feel the treatment is reasonable. They'd be reluctant to do that for snake oil.
Re:Cancer expert gets experimental treatment for incurable t... by david-gpu on Thursday September 21, 2023 @08:01AM (#37596365)
> Not charging would prevent treatments like the one in this article

Charging patients opens the door to any unscrupulous doctor to profit from desperate people.

Not charging patients closes the door to some potential legitimate treatments until e.g. a university funds some research to try them out.

I know which one of the two worlds I would rather live in.

Re:Cancer expert gets experimental treatment for incurable t... by jmartrican on Thursday September 21, 2023 @08:07AM (#37596426)
I strongly agree. The makers of the treatment recoup their investment once the treatment goes into prod. But while in beta, it should be free to the patient. Without this rule, I can imagine a world where businesses make a living selling treatments that are never intended to get past the FDA's certificatuon process.