FDA Exposed – Hundreds of Drugs Approved with No Proof They Work

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. In 2009, the FDA authorized Avastin for recurrent glioblastoma, a fatal brain cancer. In 2017, after the requisite “confirmatory” trials, the agency granted it full approval — even though the follow-u…

FDA exposed – hundreds of drugs approved with no proof they work

Two-year investigation reveals a broken approval system, ineffective—and sometimes deadly—drugs fast-tracked to market without evidence By Maryanne Demasi, PhD | June 5, 2025 The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved hundreds of drugs without proof they work—and in some cases, despite evidence they cause harm. That’s the finding of a blistering two-year investigation by medical journalists Jeanne Lenzer and Shannon Brownlee, publis…