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Re:Pfizer's oral Covid-19 antiviral cuts hospitalization, de... by HWR_14 on Friday November 05, 2021 @11:28AM (#29120662)
This already went through Phase III trials. It's closer in analogy to having the entire QA team on standby at their desks to do a full test as soon as you submit a PR at 1:38am for a feature that has to go live ASAP.
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Re:Pfizer's oral Covid-19 antiviral cuts hospitalization, de... by rangoon626 on Friday November 05, 2021 @01:32PM (#29122324)
Lol did you not see the revelations about what was going on inside of Ventavia, the contractor that did the trial research for pfizer?

They broke all sorts of protocols, covered it up, had it reported to the FDA, who in turn just sat on it.

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Re:Pfizer's oral Covid-19 antiviral cuts hospitalization, de... by HWR_14 on Friday November 05, 2021 @06:02PM (#29125172)
The contractor that did a small percentage of the research, yes. Failures and fraud occur, and thankfully this one was small enough that it didn't matter.
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