Lab Monkeys and drug testing

[Michael Perelman]

I did in my new book, Steal this idea: the corporate confiscation of
creativity, but much that I used admittedly relied on an excellent Wash.
Post series.

On Wed, May 01, 2002 at 08:16:30PM -0400, Max B. Sawicky wrote:
> what a country.  how come nobody ever writes about this?
> 
> mbs
> 
> 
> Humans are used. When pharmaceutical companies apply for an Investigational
> New Drug Application it is automatically effective in 30 days unless the FDA
> disapproves. You better hope someone at FDA is reading that shit carefully.
> In Phase 1 clinical trials, healthy subjects (the poor) are paid a small sum
> to test drugs. 80% of all drugs fail to make it past Phase 1, so the odds
> are as a Phase 1 subject you will be taking a substance that the FDA will
> not approve as safe for human consumption!
> John Thornton
> 

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Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
Chico, CA 95929

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