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The FDA Is Approving Drugs Without Evidence They Work (jacobin.com)

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Over the last several decades, the Food and Drug Administration has allowed pharma companies to sell hundreds of drugs to patients without adequate evidence that they work and, in many cases, with clear signs that they pose a risk of serious harm.

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[-] [email protected] 15 points 1 week ago

Sell drug, make money, bribe officials, repeat....Seems like it works fine, for big pharma.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Big Pharma protocol for decades now, with revolving door executives via FDA. What could go wrong?

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