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by aaavl2821 2940 days ago
The alternative to high quality scientific data determining what drugs patients choose is corporate marketing efforts determining what drugs patients get.

The FDA restricts "snake oil" sales by requiring products be marketed based on good data. Remove that requirement and patients will be bombarded by marketers and salespeople peddling exaggerated claims to get at the potentially lucrative right to sell a drug