It’s totally normal for people to ask where their food comes from but we don’t always do this for prescription drugs. Every medication has to get from a lab to your pill bottle somehow. Ever since the Covid pandemic and the quick approval of its vaccines, patients became more aware of how modern medicine comes about. Our drug approval system has more nuance than just expensive 10-year challenges and quick 12-month emergencies. Let today’s episode be a simple crash course about how our country approves drugs and the first steps to untangle that messy, twisted process for the better.
