This drug is safe and effective. Wait. Compared with what?

New York Times

20 August 2018 - Comparative effectiveness research may be the best way to answer questions that patients and physicians face every day.

We spend many billions of dollars each year on the discovery and development of new drugs, but almost none of it addresses two crucial questions: How do these new therapies compare with already known ones? What are the relative benefits and harms in a particular situation, for a person like you?

Such questions can best be answered by comparative effectiveness research.

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