No. Otherwise we would never have drugs pulled off the market which happens frequently.
Why are you beating this dead horse. If you actually knew anything about medical research you would not place it on a pedestal.
Just like the rest of life people take short cuts, get emotionally invested and don’t see clearly. Companies with muscle & a financial interest bury complications. It’s the best we have but it is by no means perfect. So many things which were claimed to be: the best diet, the worst diet, the whole cost benefit analysis of the cholesterol drugs demonstrate clearly that medical science is an art and is often influenced by ego and $ to the detriment of patients and the American people.
Spend a little time investigating the inefficacy of flu vaccine and the great transfer of wealth it represents. Look at Europe and their recommendations re flu vaccine. They think the US is nuts but it’s not nuts it’s the callousness and rapaciousness of Big Pharmy.
I beg to differ: with a PhD in biochemistry and molecular biology, I have spent an entire career in medical research. I'm fairly sure I have a nuanced depth of understanding of medical research that is matched only by a handful of other FReepers. I also post about it frequently.
Spend a little time investigating the inefficacy of flu vaccine and the great transfer of wealth it represents. Look at Europe and their recommendations re flu vaccine.
That's funny. In a previous post, I said that vaccines happen to be one of my areas of expertise. Oddly, the flu vaccine is the one on which I have the most knowledge. Oh, and Europe uses the same flu vaccines that we use.