1370: Mary Ruwart – Slow Drug Approval in America No Comments on 1370: Mary Ruwart – Slow Drug Approval in America By the mid-1980s, 72% of new drugs approved by the FDA had already been available elsewhere for an average of 5.5 years. One new drug that came late to the American market was Propranolol, the first beta-blocker to be used extensively to treat angina and hypertension. Approximately 30,000 Americans died prematurely because they couldn’t get this lifesaving drug and because their doctors did not prescribe it. Advertising Propranolol as a treatment was illegal. —Mary Ruwart Download Print Quality (7680×4020) 256KB | Normal Quality (3840×2010) 130KBDownload Print Quality (7680×7680) 357KB | Normal Quality (3840×3840) 174KBDownload Print Quality (239KB)Normal Quality (132KB)Download Print Quality (347KB)Normal Quality (322KB) By the mid-1980s, 72% of new drugs approved by the FDA had already been available elsewhere for an average of 5.5 years. One new drug that came late to the American market was Propranolol, the first beta-blocker to be used extensively to treat angina and hypertension. Approximately 30,000 Americans died prematurely because they couldn’t get this lifesaving drug and because their doctors did not prescribe it. Advertising Propranolol as a treatment was illegal. —Mary Ruwart Tags American libertarians, American writers, Drug development, Drugs, FDA, Healthcare, Mary Ruwart, Regulations No Comments on 1370: Mary Ruwart – Slow Drug Approval in America
1369: Life Extension Magazine – 430,000 Deaths No Comments on 1369: Life Extension Magazine – 430,000 Deaths After 12 long years of battling the FDA, and after the needless, premature deaths of at least 430,000 Americans, Ribavirin, which can treat severe lung infections, was finally approved in June 1998. —Life Extension Magazine Download Print Quality (7680×4020) 190KB | Normal Quality (3840×2010) 93KBDownload Print Quality (7680×7680) 249KB | Normal Quality (3840×3840) 114KBDownload Print Quality (180KB)Normal Quality (94KB)Download Print Quality (252KB)Normal Quality (234KB) After 12 long years of battling the FDA, and after the needless, premature deaths of at least 430,000 Americans, Ribavirin, which can treat severe lung infections, was finally approved in June 1998. —Life Extension Magazine Tags Drug development, FDA, Health, Regulations, Unintended consequences No Comments on 1369: Life Extension Magazine – 430,000 Deaths
1368: William Warded – Excessive Regulations in Drug Development No Comments on 1368: William Warded – Excessive Regulations in Drug Development If even one new drug of the stature of penicillin or digitalis has been unjustifiably banished to a company's backshelf because of excessively stringent regulatory requirements, that event will have harmed more people than all the toxicity that has occurred in the history of modern drug development combined. —William Warded Download Print Quality (7680×4020) 190KB | Normal Quality (3840×2010) 99KBDownload Print Quality (7680×7680) 264KB | Normal Quality (3840×3840) 127KBDownload Print Quality (183KB)Normal Quality (100KB)Download Print Quality (266KB)Normal Quality (244KB) If even one new drug of the stature of penicillin or digitalis has been unjustifiably banished to a company’s backshelf because of excessively stringent regulatory requirements, that event will have harmed more people than all the toxicity that has occurred in the history of modern drug development combined. —William Warded Tags Drug development, Drugs, FDA, Government, Health, History, Innovation, Law, Regulations No Comments on 1368: William Warded – Excessive Regulations in Drug Development