In my contrarian mode, I really do think that that Pharma is in a way overregulated, too much delay in introduction of new drugs that are considered safe and are wide available elsewhere. I believe in strong and clear warning requirements imposed on Pharma and the Drs, and letting grownups make their own decisions.
--- Carrol Cox <cbcox at ilstu.edu> wrote:
>
>
> Doug Henwood wrote:
> >
> >
> > True enough, but again, what's your point? Should
> we fight for a
> > different FDA, or just give up on everything?
>
> Your alternatives are identical, and hence not
> alternatives. We, whoever
> you mean by we, are not going to get a different
> FDA under either the
> RP or the DP. Hence arguing for that is the same as
> just giving up.
>
> The trouble with posing pseudo-alterntives is that
> they then usurp the
> intellectual and political space which could
> otherwise be devoted to
> discovering _actual_ alternatives.
>
> You make the same error over and over again. You
> balance alternatives
> which exist and can exist only in purely mental
> space, and then
> judiciously propound that Alternative A is certainly
> better than
> Alternative A.
>
> Carrol
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