New drugs do not neccessarily have to be safer and more efiicatious. It might be the case that a drug has exactly the same profile as another BUT it uses a different mechanism and is merely an alternative treatment to the patient population. As far as I know, and broadly speaking, the only...
I would not neccessarily say I trust 'global conglomerates', but I do have a lot of trust for the regulatory bodies (MHRA, EMA, FDA, PDMA) to scrutinise and regulate them. I'm just saying how I see it.
As an aside, yesterday you said 'I also work closely with Big Pharma in my job, and I am...
The MHRA, FDA and EMA are mainly funded by fees for the services they provide, so yes they are funded by the drug companies. I don’t see how you can get around this, they have to pay for the service.
But everything possible is done to mitigate any conflict of interest with drug licensing ...