What’s sorely needed is an international drug approval reciprocity treaty. A single organization, say, part of the WHO, would be tasked with periodically vetting national level food and drug approval agencies of signator countries. In exchange for this service, drugs would be instantly approved when just one country approves it.
ETA: It looks like bilateral “agreements” are a thing:
But of course that falls well short of an international treaty. And lots of bilateral agreements strikes me as o(n^2) more complicated than a hub-and-spoke framework.
And I should also add that my general vision for federalism kind of goes in both directions. Namely, I’d like it if each state could be allowed to form its own mini-FDA but the federal government’s role would be to “approve the approvers”
Adding—does anyone else wish there was a seamless, streamlined way of recruiting more people into clinical trials so we could bring new treatments to market faster, and while we’re at it at least give half the people in the trial an effective treatment?
Like, how about sn annual general consent form, directly sent to clinicaltrials.gov in exchange for a modest tax break?
What’s sorely needed is an international drug approval reciprocity treaty. A single organization, say, part of the WHO, would be tasked with periodically vetting national level food and drug approval agencies of signator countries. In exchange for this service, drugs would be instantly approved when just one country approves it.
ETA: It looks like bilateral “agreements” are a thing:
https://www.fda.gov/international-programs/international-arrangements/mutual-recognition-agreement-mra
But of course that falls well short of an international treaty. And lots of bilateral agreements strikes me as o(n^2) more complicated than a hub-and-spoke framework.
And I should also add that my general vision for federalism kind of goes in both directions. Namely, I’d like it if each state could be allowed to form its own mini-FDA but the federal government’s role would be to “approve the approvers”
Adding—does anyone else wish there was a seamless, streamlined way of recruiting more people into clinical trials so we could bring new treatments to market faster, and while we’re at it at least give half the people in the trial an effective treatment?
Like, how about sn annual general consent form, directly sent to clinicaltrials.gov in exchange for a modest tax break?