Your friend,
Clippy
It sounds to me as if -you- are earning your family's keep - your family deserves to eat.
However, the battalions of lawyers that get involved in the process (on your side, and on the government side) are doing nothing but adding cost to the system. They provide not one iota of patient care. Their families don't deserve to eat the fruits of this parasitism.
And I would hazard a guess that the CEO and board of your employer are more than willing to go along with all the FDA bullshit because it provides a very high barrier against the entry of competitors into the field. This is called "rent seeking" - look it up. Their families don't deserve to eat either.
Take a look at the Apollo 8 patch if you want to see a good design.
New York... when civilization falls apart, remember, we were way ahead of you. - David Letterman