And yet the FDA was the reason why thalidomide didn't get approved and affected the US much less than elsewhere.
While I have lots of beef with the FDA and could easily write encyclopedic tomes on the subject, there is practically no other agency anywhere that actually makes sure before the fact that drugs or devices are actually better than nothing and actually fit for purpose.
The biggest problem is that the FDA could move much faster if they had a way to do detailed monitoring on things after approval. Alas, there is no incentive or system to handle that.
While I have lots of beef with the FDA and could easily write encyclopedic tomes on the subject, there is practically no other agency anywhere that actually makes sure before the fact that drugs or devices are actually better than nothing and actually fit for purpose.
The biggest problem is that the FDA could move much faster if they had a way to do detailed monitoring on things after approval. Alas, there is no incentive or system to handle that.