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The FDA Is Approving Drugs Without Evidence They Work
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.
A two-year survey reveals major flaws in the FDA's drug approval system. Journalists, Jeanne Lenzer and Shannon Brownlee, expose hundreds of licensed drugs without evidence of efficacy. In addition, some treatments even show signs of ineffectiveness or danger. Thus, patients become "involuntary guinea pigs" for questionable therapies. First, the FDA often uses weak approval criteria, such as observational studies. These studies, less rigorous th…
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