“I think the issue is more complicated than that.
The costs involved in developing some drugs .. is hampered by the years and hours and processes used to produce a useable product. Sadly, it is the way drugs are developed. Staffing labs with equipment and skilled people to do the research takes considerable amounts of funds.”
IMO, a lot of things are more complicated than Trump appears to think they are. Drug development costs are staggering. Now, if the public is comfortable with rolling back some of the regulations and procedures, then I guess go for it, but don’t complain if/when some horrendous adverse reaction doesn’t get caught during scaled back pre-clinical trials.
“Drug development costs are staggering”. Quite true, however why is the American consumer paying those costs for the whole world? Why has our government refused to allow for the reimportation of pharmaceuticals and medical devices at current world prices? Why is the American medical industry not subject to the anti monopoly laws that every other American business has to conform to? Why are Americans continually allowing this situation to rob them financially considering that healthcare expenditures now approach over 1/3 of federal spending and those costs are growing at a 8-9% rate per year?
Your point is a good one .. and it is also my concern. If we scale back too much, what dangers lie ahead ..??
It’s a problem nobody seems to want to tackle.