Big Data Poses Big Threat to FDA

There are hosts of ‘Big’ actors in the health industry that make the Big, Bad Wolf look like a saint: Big Pharma, Big Food, Big Oil, Big Corporations, Big Government, and Big Brother— the list itself is getting rather big.

But the public finally is discovering new means and opportunities to turn one ‘Big’ figure to its advantage: Big Data.

For too long, the FDA has had something of a monopoly on conducting the clinical testing needed for a given medicine or treatment to earn the government’s seal of approval. More importantly, they haven’t been terribly consistent or reliable in …read more