Most New Drugs Suffer from Moderate to Severe Ineffectiveness

<p>There&rsquo;s a scene in an episode of the Big Bang Theory in which Bernadette is all excited because an anti-inflammatory drug she&rsquo;s worked on for five years just got FDA approval.</p> <p>&ldquo;Three years of testing and no reported side effects,&rdquo; she says proudly.</p> <p>&ldquo;Ah, so it works,&rdquo; Raj says approvingly.</p> <p>Bernadette: &ldquo;Eh.&rdquo;</p> <p>All fun and games on the Big Bang. But Big Pharma has its share of &ldquo;eh&rdquo; drugs, too. And new research reveals that those glossy, gauzy TV and video ads showing shiny happy (formerly sick) people are a schtick often meant to mask a remarkable lack of effectiveness of the fancy schmancy new pharmaceuticals they promote.</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/wise-well/most-new-drugs-suffer-from-moderate-to-severe-ineffectiveness-460ad1b21ea4"><strong>Website</strong></a></p>
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