Re:FDA Approves First Covid-19 Vaccine
by Alex3917 on Monday August 23, 2021 @10:35AM
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> That story was all over the headlines not because it was normal.
It was in the headlines because it is normal, and some people were trying to improve the system but they failed. There are tons of existing drugs that have been approved based on surrogate endpoints, e.g. iirc the entire class of statin drugs.
It was in the headlines because it is normal, and some people were trying to improve the system but they failed. There are tons of existing drugs that have been approved based on surrogate endpoints, e.g. iirc the entire class of statin drugs.