An excellent piece in The Boston Globe by VC Chris Westphal about the hyperventilation about drug safety absent a science-based discussion of benefits...
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2010/06/28/the_myth_of_the_perfect_drug/
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2010/06/28/the_myth_of_the_perfect_drug/