Comments on: No New Drugs http://healthblog.ncpa.org/no-new-drugs/ Health Care Policy and Reform Insights | NCPA Thu, 24 May 2012 23:32:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Larry C. http://healthblog.ncpa.org/no-new-drugs/comment-page-1/#comment-66804 Larry C. Sun, 13 Jun 2010 14:49:01 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=11114#comment-66804 Has anyone ever considered that one way to hold health care costs down is to make it almost impossible to produce any new drugs? Has anyone ever considered that one way to hold health care costs down is to make it almost impossible to produce any new drugs?

]]> By: Bruce http://healthblog.ncpa.org/no-new-drugs/comment-page-1/#comment-66676 Bruce Fri, 11 Jun 2010 20:54:35 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=11114#comment-66676 Also, if you don't think the FDA is killing people, read again the passages about how we would not have access to aspirin and penicillin if these drugs had to get FDA approval today. Also, if you don’t think the FDA is killing people, read again the passages about how we would not have access to aspirin and penicillin if these drugs had to get FDA approval today.

]]> By: Bruce http://healthblog.ncpa.org/no-new-drugs/comment-page-1/#comment-66675 Bruce Fri, 11 Jun 2010 20:52:18 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=11114#comment-66675 Bottom line: we are going to get fewer new drugs. Bottom line: we are going to get fewer new drugs.

]]> By: Virginia http://healthblog.ncpa.org/no-new-drugs/comment-page-1/#comment-66665 Virginia Fri, 11 Jun 2010 20:11:15 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=11114#comment-66665 This is pretty fascinating. Imagine if we had just now discovered aspirin. The bottle that costs $3.50 at Tom Thumb would be $400 via prescription-only. We'd all be taking percocet for our headaches because it was cheaper. This is pretty fascinating. Imagine if we had just now discovered aspirin. The bottle that costs $3.50 at Tom Thumb would be $400 via prescription-only. We’d all be taking percocet for our headaches because it was cheaper.

]]> By: Devon Herrick http://healthblog.ncpa.org/no-new-drugs/comment-page-1/#comment-66656 Devon Herrick Fri, 11 Jun 2010 19:00:00 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=11114#comment-66656 This article is one of the best that I've read on the economics of drug discovery. It explains why drug makers are so fixated on blockbuster drugs. Critics of the drug industry are fond of claiming the only drugs that drug makers create are "me too" drugs. This article explains that it is actually much harder to get drugs approved to treat conditions for which there are already good drug therapies because you have to prove your drug is as good or better. It's a harder case to prove than merely showing your drug works better than a placebo -- which is about all you need for the first new drug to treat a condition. This article is one of the best that I’ve read on the economics of drug discovery. It explains why drug makers are so fixated on blockbuster drugs.

Critics of the drug industry are fond of claiming the only drugs that drug makers create are “me too” drugs. This article explains that it is actually much harder to get drugs approved to treat conditions for which there are already good drug therapies because you have to prove your drug is as good or better. It’s a harder case to prove than merely showing your drug works better than a placebo — which is about all you need for the first new drug to treat a condition.

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