The FDA Faces Societal Trade-Offs When It Decides How Safe

question 11

True/False

The FDA faces societal trade-offs when it decides how safe drugs need to be before allowing patients to use them. For example, if the FDA raises the cost of testing for drug safety, some safe drugs will never be developed, and people will unnecessarily die.

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