tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6079510670221899835.post2056157760865102294..comments2008-05-23T16:42:29.782-04:00Stellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07219727425604646356noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6079510670221899835.post-43034048493059611112008-05-23T16:42:00.000-04:002008-05-23T16:42:00.000-04:00Elsewhere in this blog, I have mentioned why the FDA needs to go, although not at great length. I'll have a more lengthy discussion of why the agency needs to go in my article for <I>The Objective Standard</I> in the fall. As for what should replace FDA (a subject I have admittedly not blogged much about, but will cover in the article) -- a fallacy of anti-free-market types is to assume that to challenge the status quo, one must know exactly what would replace it. I can't know exactly what solutions would arise in a free market; I can speculate as to what those might be (private, voluntary inspection agencies similar to Underwriters Laboratories in appliances; doctors following private, professional-industry guidelines or [shock!] using their own medical judgment in advising their patients on what drugs to take), but I can't know in advance what ALL of those solutions would be. What I do know is that they would violate no one's rights.<BR/><BR/>I won't make any secret of the fact that Dr. Hsieh did point out to me the blog post on which I commented. Was it a plant just to get readers for my blog? No; he let me know about it because he knows how deeply I care about getting the government out of pharmaceutical regulation, and I commented because I want others to know that an alternative exists. It's NOT "the FDA, or else evil drug companies will win," and it's not "FDA, or else some other government agency will have to do that job." It's "FDA stifles innovation, or else get rid of the agency and watch innovation flourish under a free market" -- just as it has in electronics and other consumer goods, just as it has in less-regulated areas of medicine like LASIK.Stellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07219727425604646356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6079510670221899835.post-89850923109631569552008-05-23T16:01:00.000-04:002008-05-23T16:01:00.000-04:00You rail against FDA/government regulation but there is no clear identification of where/how these impede innovation nor provide recommendations to improve/replace. We already have enough politicians and journalist that act this way and complaining is not reasoning thus reduces credibility of your blog. I see areas of potential agreement but do not find much substance worth a comment on either as supportive or counter view.<BR/><BR/>Finally I have to wonder if you and Dr. Hsieh jointly planted comments in the In the Pipeline to bring attention to yourselves/blogs rather then engaging in interactive discussion (I apologize if am extrapolating too much).<BR/><BR/>CMC guyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com