Biotech Values

[zipjet]

>> Like any large bureaucratic organization, the FDA does many things that can be criticized.

I love that statement.

People are so screwy.

I know well a large and prestigious international consulting company. Top management was involved in every aspect of the design of a new enterprise computer system. Among the many tasks that the computer system does is the billing of clients - a task of great importance and which is done monthly for most clients.

These brainy consultants have made the billing process so complex it is taking 6 times as many hours to do each bill as it did under the old system. And bills that could be out the same day are taking a week to 10 days to complete the process.

While working on bills the consultants are unable to do the work they bill for because of the time this is taking.

Sound stupid? It is. And these guys are brilliant. But they lost sight of the real objective.

I think FDA in their well intentioned scientific rigor have lost sight of the goal - to provide safe and effective medications for our people. And I would add "efficiently". Forcing up costs needlessly or inefficiently, burdens the consumer of these needed drugs. BTW - I have never met a researcher that could not find the need to do another study.

Respectfully,

ij