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Tomorrow’s patients in today’s drug approvals
Tomorrow’s patients: who are they, exactly?
BMJ 2023; 382 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.p1534 (Published 04 July 2023) Cite this as: BMJ 2023;382:p1534
- Bernard R Bukala, clinical research fellow, psychiatry trainee
- Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Neuroscience, London, UK
- bernard.bukala{at}nhs.net
The ethical dimension of “future patients” in consideration of research and drug approval is scientifically and philosophically fascinating, as well as underappreciated.1
In fact, once these doors are open, many more questions arise. Firstly, how should future patients be defined? They could simply be thought of …
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