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"The vast majority of drugs - more than 90 per cent - only work in 30 or 50 per cent of the people," Dr Roses said. "I wouldn't say that most drugs don't work.
by za 15y ago
"The vast majority of drugs - more than 90 per cent - only work in 30 or 50 per cent of the people," Dr Roses said. "I wouldn't say that most drugs don't work. I would say that most drugs work in 30 to 50 per cent of people. Drugs out there on the market work, but they don't work in everybody."
-- Allen Roses, worldwide vice-president of genetics at GlaxoSmithKline 2003
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/glaxo-chief-our-drugs-do-not-work-on-most-patients-575942.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/glaxo-chief-our-dr...
- gruseom 15y agoThat's misleading. Many of the most profitable pharmaceuticals (e.g. SSRIs, as Irving Kirsch devastatingly established - see http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2622912 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2622912) are known not to work anywhere near that well, if "work" means significance beyond placebo. There is even powerful evidence against the claim that they work at all.