Regular readers of DrugWonks.com know that when pundits and pols call for FDA reform, we urge them to "Show me the money" that such efforts deserve. Mostly, we're still waiting.
Now my former FDA colleague (and current CMPI Board of Advisors member) Tomas Philipson (along with two of his colleagues from the University of Chicago) asks, in a terrific guest editorial in current edition of Health Economics, "Where is the science?"
He refers, of course, to the recent IOM study which places politics before science and rhetoric before reality.
Here's a link to the editorial:
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Thoughts and comments appreciated.
Now my former FDA colleague (and current CMPI Board of Advisors member) Tomas Philipson (along with two of his colleagues from the University of Chicago) asks, in a terrific guest editorial in current edition of Health Economics, "Where is the science?"
He refers, of course, to the recent IOM study which places politics before science and rhetoric before reality.
Here's a link to the editorial:
Download file
Thoughts and comments appreciated.
