Medical Research: Gov't (NIH) vs Private (Big Pharma)

[tricstmr]

This was a great blog post by a conservative, pro-free-market individual who worked in the NIH, likes Pharma, but nonetheless argues that government sponsored medical research is really at the core of most basic research and discoveries for new diseases

Comments

[voland]

Sure

Sounds good to me..

[tricstmr]

1. Personally, I think the FDA should be abolished. AT the very least, it should be radically reformed into an organization that can issue certifications--non mandatory--that businesses can acquire if they so want. Sort of like underwriters laboratories or some such thing whereby your acquisition could be used as an added support for you quality..etc etc..
If this would be impossible, abolish it.

2. I agree about NIH and NSF--they basically are run on models of committees of experts that help direct resources in exactly the competitive manner you describe. Thus, they allow the efficiences of private industry to work towards a common good by helping them achieve goals that, by themselves, the market would never push them to achieve.

Together--it would be like getting back an earlier age of liberal government--one that worked during WW2 for the most part.