NomNomWhy drug approval in Canada should not rely on foreign regulators
Because it was cheaper to rubber stamp based on US rubber stamping.
Cheaper on paper, they were an utter pain in the ass sometimes.
I’m surprised that they’d be less rigourous, especially after thalidomide. Maybe not too surprised I guess…money talks.
I’m surprised that they’d be less rigourous, especially after thalidomide
They are careful to not approve dangerous drugs, but they are approving drugs that don’t work.
FreeBooteR69Let’s not even look at the FDA data.
Some places are OK to take guidance from… just not the USA.
Guidance. Not rubber stamp. E.g. "The UK thinks this is OK. Let’s look at the evidence and decide if we agree. "
Guidance. Not rubber stamp. E.g. "The UK thinks this is OK. Let’s look at the evidence and decide if we agree. "
Some places are OK to take guidance from… just not the USA.
Very quietly, the FDA fired one of their directors last November for trying to solicit bribes. Not a Trump thing, this was going on before Trump.
FDA’s top drug regulator resigns after federal officials probe ‘serious concerns’
WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the Food and Drug Administration's drug center abruptly resigned Sunday after federal officials began reviewing "serious concerns about his personal conduct," according to a government spokesperson.
Timely. Health Canada used to second guess the FDA, but now they are rubber stamping FDA approvals of insanely expensive drugs that don’t work.
I’m a biomedical researcher who works with biotechs, drug companies and I have yet to understand what the 10,000 people who work at Health Canada actually do. We even started allowing drug marketing to consumers which is illegal in Canada.
Quebec has had enough and started refusing to pay for $400,000/yr drugs that do nothing.