Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff signed into law today a measure that allows the renegade compound — synthetic...
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff signed into law today a measure that allows the renegade compound — synthetic phosphoethanolamine — to be produced and sold legally as a cancer therapy in Brazil.
Scientists poured scorn on the decision, contending it puts patients at risk and undermines the authority of the Brazilian Health Surveillance Agency (the equivalent of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration) to regulate research and approval of new drugs based on internationally accepted safety and efficacy protocols. This was a “political decision inspired by a messianic surge of pseudoscience,” says Gustavo Fernandes, president of the Brazilian Society of Clinical Oncology in Brasília. “It was the worst possible way of dealing with this problem.”
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OMG Brazilian health care and politics are f'd-up
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/04/brazil-president-signs-law-legalizing-renegade-cancer-pill
Scientists poured scorn on the decision, contending it puts patients at risk and undermines the authority of the Brazilian Health Surveillance Agency (the equivalent of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration) to regulate research and approval of new drugs based on internationally accepted safety and efficacy protocols. This was a “political decision inspired by a messianic surge of pseudoscience,” says Gustavo Fernandes, president of the Brazilian Society of Clinical Oncology in Brasília. “It was the worst possible way of dealing with this problem.”
Originally shared by Steve Esterly
OMG Brazilian health care and politics are f'd-up
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/04/brazil-president-signs-law-legalizing-renegade-cancer-pill
She's getting desperate and looking for support anywhere she can.
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