Tabarrok on the FDA's surprise refuse-to-file letter in response to Moderna's new flu vaccine: "An administration that promised medical freedom is delivering medical nationalism: fewer options, less innovation, and a clear signal to every company considering pharmaceutical investment that the rules can change after the game is played." ("Medical freedom" under RFK only goes one way, and anyone who thought otherwise was terribly naive.)
I Regret to Inform You that the FDA is FDAing Again - Marginal REVOLUTION
I had high hopes and low expectations that the FDA under the new administration would be less paternalistic and more open to medical freedom. Instead, what we are getting is paternalism with different preferences. In particular, the FDA now appears to have a bizarre anti-vaccine fixation, particularly of the mRNA variety (disappointing but not surprising […]
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