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Episode 18: Risk, Freedom, and the Power of Tech Labor ft. Ben Tarnoff

The Received Wisdom

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The FDA Is Under Pressure From Patient Groups, Right?

This is a drug that costs $56,000 a year. Medicare is required to pay for the drug if the FDA has approved it again. There's this trend at a moment where there just haven't been a lot of blockbuster drugs in recent years. And so the FDA is under enormous pressure, especially from patient groups.

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