Pharma industry shuns Trump push for radical shift at FDA
Source: Reuters
Wed Feb 15, 2017 | 1:26am EST
By Deena Beasley
U.S. President Donald Trump's vow to roll back government regulations at least 75 percent is causing anxiety for some pharmaceutical executives that a less robust Food and Drug Administration would make it harder to secure insurance coverage for pricey new medicines.
The prospect of big change at the regulatory agency comes as drugmakers are under fire for high prices, including Marathon Pharmaceuticals LLC, which said Monday it was "pausing" the launch of its Duchenne muscular dystrophy drug after U.S. lawmakers questioned its $89,000 a year price.
Industry trade group Biotechnology Innovation Organization told Reuters that during high-level discussions with Trump advisors, lobbyists urged the administration not to name a new commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration who would act rashly to speed up the agencys approval of new medicines.
That sentiment was echoed by executives at more than a dozen pharmaceutical and biotechnology firms, who told Reuters that the FDA is already adopting new drug development models and warned that a looser review process would put patients at risk.
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Afromania
(2,768 posts)Amazing. It boggles the mind that they want to allow humans to be lab specimens for new drugs. The Pharma industry is on the right side of this even if it's for the wrong reasons. As a potential patient I don't think I'd take another new drug ever again. As it stands most new things that come out are tested and tend to carry a number of different potential outcomes that'll either kill you, maim you, or get you to kill yourself.
scipan
(2,341 posts)Thanks for the laugh. More than a little truth to that.
milestogo
(16,829 posts)If Trump trashes it, we can just order drugs online from Mexico, no problem.