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Wonder why? (lemmy.zip)
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[–] 16 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (5 children)

that's a weird metric to look at because drug approval happens only like, 5-15 years after end of preclinical research, sometimes longer

clinical trials also take fuckton of money but this might be also post-2008 cuts that we only see effects of now

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  • [–] 6 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    It is indeed not the current administration that led to this.
    It certainly won't help but that is not the cause, neither is the 2008 one.
    China has been advancing in plenty fields for a few decades now.
    They have already caught up or surpassed others in plenty fields.
    Americans are clinging to their USA nr 1 mantra, but that's delusional.
    They refuse to accept to the fact they already have been beaten and there is nothing they can do about it.
    Despite banning and sanctions China has a massive lead in nearly all crucial tech fields.
    The gap will only become bigger.

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 child)

    The funniest thing is that all the while China is the largest creditor of USA by far, and USA has had foreign investment pouring in overall all those decades.

    USA had the money not just to maintain but rapidly advance, and a head start. To bite the dust in this situation is some serious incompetence.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago

    RFK Jr would like to remove scientific scrutiny from the drug approval process, which is the agenda of pharma companies. He's already been successful with this in the med device space using the same argument.

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