From: Eugene Leitl (eugene.leitl@lrz.uni-muenchen.de)
Date: Wed Mar 01 2000 - 20:38:19 MST
Cynthia writes:
> > Ten years, ten years, I tell you, no more than ten years!
> > If we don't have significant progress by then, we will clearly
> > have in its place, evidence of our conservatism murduring people.
There is plenty for FDA's/mainstream conservativism murdering (well,
letting them die unnecessarily) people even now. It's not an isolated
occurence, either. Bureaucracies can ignore astonishing amounts of
evidence...
> You are no doubt right. Unfortunately, it takes about 10 years to get
> almost anything approved by the FDA. Maybe instead of supporting
Ah, but we're talking about therapy now. Besides, there are countries
(India, for instance) which don't care a fig about what FDA says (and,
even more importantly, don't have a local equivalent). In many
aspects, the torch has been passed on to other countries, already.
Medical tourism is a florishing industry.
> candidates who promise more money for research, we should be
> supporting candidates who promise to reform the FDA.
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