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The organization giving the experimental drugs with the view that it will pay for itself in relevant research and treatments that come from the testing.
by mortureb 3y ago
The organization giving the experimental drugs with the view that it will pay for itself in relevant research and treatments that come from the testing.
- RandomLensman 3y agoBut these wouldn't be trials in a useful sense if patients can self-select. The economics might not pan out unless you get to gatekeeping similar to current trials. And that assumes it would be all bona-fide substance providers.
- mortureb 3y agoIt could sure speed up a lot of the preclinical work to get to trials. I’m sure the company would love to not have to extrapolate their success probabilities based on mouse studies leading to extensive expensive trials that might not work out in the end.
- RandomLensman 3y agoDoubt it as people would make very uninformed choices, thereby producing mostly worthless data.