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Originally Posted by Combwork
In general the UK does not accept test results from other countries (including the USA) so has to do its own. A lot of wasted time, wasted money to prove what's already been proved. As a guess, the more litiginous nature of things in the USA would make for more stringent testing of any drug before allowing it on the market.
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Maybe your Thalidomide reference answers your own question. FWIW, the Food and Drug Administration in the US doesn't accept test results from other nations either. Hell, the same applies to consensus codes and standards in general. We don't accept the DIN, the Germans don't accept ASTM, NFPA, etc. I guess all it's human nature not to trust "foreigners" and their silly concepts of what makes things tick.
