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Originally Posted by pocketkangaroo
I don't know why a drug would be treated differently by the FDA whether it has a patent or not.
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my point also was, the FDA has been shown to rush drugs, regardless of patent, safety or lack therof...
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23815358/
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Vioxx, Bextra, Rezulin, Baycol. Looking at drugs yanked off the market, Harvard researchers found a disturbing pattern: Medicines approved right on deadline by the Food and Drug Administration are more likely to cause safety problems later than those cleared with more time to spare.
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the FDA is not the best example here either, considering theyve been sued so much over drugs and safety regarding them. And usually over RUSHING THE DRUGS TO MARKET by okaying them before deadlines...
As a member of
http://www.safeaccessnow.org we have sued the FDA over its lack of scientific evidence regarding medicinal marijuana.
So i dont put much trust in the FDA as someone who has sued them LOL