[themafia]

> I suspect that this info is intentionally down-played so that it doesn't affect sales.

Yea, hard to figure out why drug companies keep producing "Faustian bargains" in our current system. What galls me is people assume the best for new drugs instead of forcing the _for profit_ entity to prove it's actually safe and useful.

To the extent that, reliably, the first comment on these posts on Hacker News are some wishy washy anecdotal emotional blackmail garbage that completely obfuscates the point and runs direct interference for these large profitable organizations.

To the extent that it's hard to believe that these posts even on this tiny corner of the internet aren't bought and paid for. We live in a society that cherishes organized crime and denigrates hard work. I would not look forward to "new drugs" in this regime.

[astrange]

Novo Nordisk is majority owned by a charity and is therefore not a for-profit entity.

> What galls me is people assume the best for new drugs instead of forcing the _for profit_ entity to prove it's actually safe and useful.

That's what the FDA approval process is. They already did that in 2017.

[throwup238]

Novo Nordisk Foundation is a nonprofit but Novi Nordisk the pharmaceutical company is very much a for profit entity - it’s publicly traded on several stock exchanges including the NYSE. The foundation owns most of the voting shares but only about a quarter of all outstanding shares.