Just a little history lesson. Today& #39;s @US_FDA was born out of decades of tragedy. Let& #39;s start with the 1937 Sulfanilamide elixir tragedy, in which 71 adults and 34 children died, from this unproven remedy. 1/ https://www.the-scientist.com/foundations/the-elixir-tragedy-1937-39231">https://www.the-scientist.com/foundatio...
If it was not for Frances Kelsey, we would have seen a disaster in the US for a "safe" drug that was given to pregnant women in Europe called thalidomide, causing deaths and congenital malformations in thousands of children. 2/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/woman-who-stood-between-america-and-epidemic-birth-defects-180963165/">https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-n...
The series of tragedies, and almost averted ones, in the 20th century led to the Kefauver-Harris amendments in 1962, which required that companies showed their drugs were safe AND effective before unleashed on the public. 3/ https://www.fda.gov/consumers/consumer-updates/kefauver-harris-amendments-revolutionized-drug-development">https://www.fda.gov/consumers...
Since Kefauver-Harris industry has been gunning for @US_FDA saying it stifles innovation, slows drug approval, when none of that is actually true. Even, so concessions have been made at FDA to speed access to drugs. I know because I was part of it. 4/ https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2018/10/30-years-ago-stormed-fda-seized-control-now/">https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2018/10/3...
As we listen to @realDonaldTrump remember, even drugs properly studies, often do not pan out. Here& #39;s a short list. 6/ https://www.fda.gov/media/102332/download">https://www.fda.gov/media/102...
These men tonight, @SecAzar and @SteveFDA will put Americans in harm& #39;s way to satisfy the whims and needs of @realDonaldTrump. Allowing unproven treatments to be widely used is not bold, or compassionate, it is reckless. 10/
And if you& #39;re interested in the history of the @US_FDA read @Harvard& #39;s #DanielCarpenter& #39;s masterful Reputation and Power: Organizational Image and Pharmaceutical Regulation at the FDA. end/ https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691141800/reputation-and-power">https://press.princeton.edu/books/pap...
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