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NL888 Posted 12 years ago
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Failed to understand "than would otherwise be possible if some large company with deep pockets had to undertake the sorts of tests"
Does "And it would undoubtedly keep the cost of treatment lower than would otherwise be possible if some large company with deep pockets had to undertake the sorts of tests" mean "and it (the poop therapy) would undoubtedly keep the cost of treatment lower than other treatments that some large company with lots of money has had successfully carrying out relative tests (about the "other treatments")"?
Context:
Currently, the FDA has given fecal transplants a kind of waiver from some of the stricter rules that govern the development and testing of medications. But that’s only as long as the treatment is used strictly for C. difficile infections, which cause debilitating gastrointestinal problems and are not otherwise easily curable. Many physicians and patients would like to know if the therapy could be made to work for other bowel problems–such as Crohn’s disease.
But the stricter FDA rules would make it harder to test fecal transplants for no good reason. Regulating fecal transplants like other tissue products would still keep patients safe, the authors argue. And it would undoubtedly keep the cost of treatment lower than would otherwise be possible if some large company with deep pockets had to undertake the sorts of tests that would need to be done to approve fecal transplants as if they were drugs. After all, if there’s something we have a lot of in this world, it’s poop.
MOre:
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/2014/02/19/hey-fda-poop-is-not-a-drug/
Context:
Currently, the FDA has given fecal transplants a kind of waiver from some of the stricter rules that govern the development and testing of medications. But that’s only as long as the treatment is used strictly for C. difficile infections, which cause debilitating gastrointestinal problems and are not otherwise easily curable. Many physicians and patients would like to know if the therapy could be made to work for other bowel problems–such as Crohn’s disease.
But the stricter FDA rules would make it harder to test fecal transplants for no good reason. Regulating fecal transplants like other tissue products would still keep patients safe, the authors argue. And it would undoubtedly keep the cost of treatment lower than would otherwise be possible if some large company with deep pockets had to undertake the sorts of tests that would need to be done to approve fecal transplants as if they were drugs. After all, if there’s something we have a lot of in this world, it’s poop.
MOre:
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/2014/02/19/hey-fda-poop-is-not-a-drug/
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NL888 lower than would otherwise be possible if some large company with deep pockets had to undertake the sorts of tests Lower than the costs would be if a large company were willing to spend a lot of money to do the testing
- NL888 lower than would otherwise be possible if some large company with deep pockets had to undertake the sorts of tests Lower than the costs would be if a large company were willing to spend a lot of money to do the testing
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NL888lower than would otherwise be possible if some large company with deep pockets had to undertake the sorts of testsLower than the costs would be if a large company were willing to spend a lot of money to do the testing
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Thanks.
But what I don't understand it's that the large company spent a lot of money, then it wants to make big moeny.So the cost will not drop. There is no way you can make a large company victim to pay your bill.
But what I don't understand it's that the large company spent a lot of money, then it wants to make big moeny.So the cost will not drop. There is no way you can make a large company victim to pay your bill.
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NL888 I don't understand it's that the large company spent a lot of money, then it wants to make big moenyThat's right—so the cost will be greater to the consumer, as it says: keep the cost of treatment lower than would otherwise (= if a company had to pay) be possible...
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