Numerous drugs have been promoted and used for years during which time side effects have mounted . Side effects including morbidly, which may be a life altering event, and mortality. It takes 5 years or longer for these to accumulate and be described in the medical literature in sufficient quantity before the FDA acts. Drug companies have known before hand of these events, which is contained in their clinical trial data, and have hidden the information from public view. Huge fines have been imposed against drug manufacturers for this. All clinical trial data in its raw unedited form should be publicly available so non biased analysis can be perform. This includes all studies from all sources as negative results rarely get published. Researchers don’t publish as their grants will be affected.
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That’s a great idea! When a drug is approved by the FDA, all raw patient-level data should be made public, freely accessible by all. FDA has all the raw data, but they are hidden from the public.