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llamaimperative on March 9, 2024 | parent | context | favorite | on: An ALS drug fails, again

What? It didn’t get approved. It failed Phase III as designed.

mlyle on March 9, 2024 [–]

What? It got approved, on dubious evidence from a dubious phase II, against the original advisory committee's recommendation.

The manufacturer had agreed to conduct a phase III and remove it from the marketplace if it failed the next trial.

It has now failed that trial.

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