Over the past several years, the number of FDA drug approvals has been decreasing while the costs associated with the approval process continue to climb. Currently, only 1 in 10 medicines that start human clinical trials result in approval, and the true cost of a new drug entering the market ranges from $3.7 - $12 billion.5 It is apparent that costs have escalated beyond a level of sustainability, resulting in all-time
Economic Benefit of Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine Examined
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high healthcare costswhile providing fewer treatment options. 6 Randomized, controlled trials (the gold-standard of western testing) could be partially to blame as they heavily favor single-compound, single-target discoveries. By comparison, AHM works on multiple targets and strongly relies on a cascade of interactions to treat the patient. The advantage of this multi-component system is that AHM can act like a combination drug, providing broader and deeper applications than many mainstream drugs.7