Comment on The FDA Is Approving Drugs Without Evidence They Work

atlien51@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Over the last several decades…

  This is systemic.

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  • atlien51@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I didn’t know that before today

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    • Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      In 2023, the pharmaceutical industry spent $383 million on federal lobbying, more than all other industries same in 2024.

      Pharmaceutical companies have always spent more on lobbying, spending over $6.3 billion from 1998 to 2025

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• jj4211@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

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  Notably, Phenylephrine was approved in pill form for decongestion, and is all over the place… but doesn’t do a damn thing. Trying to keep pseudoephedrine limited in the market to try to fight meth.

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  • atlien51@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Lmfao

    The EU has its own version of the FDA. I guess that must be better then!

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