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Re:The hit film about overworked nurses that's causing alarm... by WalterBright on Tuesday July 29, 2025 @07:33PM (#44729458)
Before 1962, drugs were already regulated to be safe. 1962 brought about the requirement for effective, which enormously increased drug prices. It's all in the book I referenced.
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Re:The hit film about overworked nurses that's causing alarm... by nradov on Tuesday July 29, 2025 @08:12PM (#44729700)
Yes, what's your point? We could have lots of cheap drugs if we don't care whether they actually work.
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Re:The hit film about overworked nurses that's causing alarm... by WalterBright on Tuesday July 29, 2025 @08:59PM (#44729983)
The reference says what happens with the greatly increased cost to develop a new drug, is the number of new drugs developed dropped dramatically. But the percentage that turned out to be effective stayed the same.

So, yes, we are worse off because of that, because we wind up with far fewer effective drugs.

A proper solution is for the patient, a legal consenting adult, to sign a piece of paper that says he understands that the FDA has not verified the drug to be effective.

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