if the pill is so bad (which it is)

This was something I remember coming up during a lecture on various drugs.

It was along the lines of they weren't looking to make the product they ended up with. It was just one of the end results of another production plan that had enough going for it it was kept around.

Much like [I think it was] aspirin if it was subjected to modern day ethics standards it would fail spectacularly as a health concern and yet here we are.