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Blackvegetable » 31 Dec 2021, 6:19 pm » wrote: ↑

31 Dec 2021, 6:19 pm

I suspect you didn't read JAMA

From 2001 through 2010, the FDA approved 222 novel therapeutics (183 pharmaceuticals and 39 biologics). There were 123 new postmarket safety events (3 withdrawals, 61 boxed warnings, and 59 safety communications) during a median follow-up period of 11.7 years

In the early stages of biologics there were 3 or fewer withdrawals.

Please explain how this refutes anything my OP relied on. 
 
Edit - I just double checked, and yes - I said 20% were withdrawn, and then I ended up rolling with the 32% which had issues. That was an error on my part. I forgot to edit that before publishing.

I should EITHER have backed up the 20% claim. I was having difficulty finding an acceptable source - it is foolishness to roll with a source that is not reasonably neutral as to reportage of objective facts (unless one is using one's opponent's own lying media - in which case, fair dinkum).

I acknowledge that the facts do not sustain that claim in my OP, and I withdraw the 20% claim, relying instead on the fact that 32% were found to have serious issues - which in no way changes the reasonableness of my math.