Commentary: The risk of over-regulation

Regulatory bodies are expected to protect the public from the danger of inappropriately tested treatments—a shield against the vested interest of drug and device companies to sell products irrespective of their safety and effectiveness. The idea of the greedy industrialist focused on short term advantage and endangering lives with low quality components used to save manufacturing costs is familiar to the public and seems to justify stringent regulatory processes. But one person is forgotten in this equation—the doctor.