Dr. Marty Makary

It is pretty wild. It's pretty cool.

The FDA regulates about 20% of the U.S. economy.

The FDA regulates about 20% of the U.S. economy.

The FDA regulates about 20% of the U.S. economy.

And the agency has had a lot of opportunities to modernize, so we've been busy.

And the agency has had a lot of opportunities to modernize, so we've been busy.

And the agency has had a lot of opportunities to modernize, so we've been busy.

Yeah, right away.

Yeah, right away.

Yeah, right away.

Yeah, the agency has gone through cycles where it's been captured by the industry it's supposed to regulate. And that was probably the ultimate low point of the FDA. And, you know, we have to... recognize that we can create health crises as a government, as we did with OxyContin. That was an illegal label. That was an approval for chronic pain based on a 14-day study.

Yeah, the agency has gone through cycles where it's been captured by the industry it's supposed to regulate. And that was probably the ultimate low point of the FDA. And, you know, we have to... recognize that we can create health crises as a government, as we did with OxyContin. That was an illegal label. That was an approval for chronic pain based on a 14-day study.

Yeah, the agency has gone through cycles where it's been captured by the industry it's supposed to regulate. And that was probably the ultimate low point of the FDA. And, you know, we have to... recognize that we can create health crises as a government, as we did with OxyContin. That was an illegal label. That was an approval for chronic pain based on a 14-day study.

And so it was totally inappropriate. Vioxx, we learned years after it was approved that 38,000 Americans may have died from Vioxx. So we're doing something pretty cool, which is to get eyes on a drug the second it's approved in big data. So we're using AI. We're using big data.

And so it was totally inappropriate. Vioxx, we learned years after it was approved that 38,000 Americans may have died from Vioxx. So we're doing something pretty cool, which is to get eyes on a drug the second it's approved in big data. So we're using AI. We're using big data.

And so it was totally inappropriate. Vioxx, we learned years after it was approved that 38,000 Americans may have died from Vioxx. So we're doing something pretty cool, which is to get eyes on a drug the second it's approved in big data. So we're using AI. We're using big data.

We are using computational modeling to predict if a drug is dangerous before it goes through animal testing because mostly animal testing is unnecessary. And so we're reducing animal testing. We've made that announcement. You know, God did not put these animals on earth for us to torture them. And so we are figuring out every place where animal testing is unnecessary.

We are using computational modeling to predict if a drug is dangerous before it goes through animal testing because mostly animal testing is unnecessary. And so we're reducing animal testing. We've made that announcement. You know, God did not put these animals on earth for us to torture them. And so we are figuring out every place where animal testing is unnecessary.

We are using computational modeling to predict if a drug is dangerous before it goes through animal testing because mostly animal testing is unnecessary. And so we're reducing animal testing. We've made that announcement. You know, God did not put these animals on earth for us to torture them. And so we are figuring out every place where animal testing is unnecessary.

Yeah.