Here Is My Goal
Drugs sold for the treatment of disease should be proven safe. While nothing is guarenteed in life, and no drug, vitamin etc. could ever be proven perfectly safe, studies can be performed that rule out any realistic possibility of risk.
Johnson and Johnson should be as responsible as every company and prove that nesiritide (Natrecor tm) is safe. They have not yet made the commitment to do so, instead talking about studies that are ongoing. Truth is, none of their ongoing studies will be able to prove the drug is safe. They know it, but are working hard to convince people otherwise.
A respected colleague provided very useful perspective for me today. Commending the work on nesiritide, he pointed out that this will start to change people's views, and then, momentum will lead to the studies being performed to determine whether there is risk with nesiritide.
I hope he is right.
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