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Re:Drug Development Failure: how GLP-1 development was aband... by dannyobrien on Friday August 30, 2024 @02:46PM (#41403439)
The FDA famously didn't approve Thalidomide, which meant only 17 people were affected in the United States. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thalidomide#History

(I don't think this affects your argument directionally, but worth noting.)

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Re:Drug Development Failure: how GLP-1 development was aband... by carlmr on Friday August 30, 2024 @05:46PM (#41404812)
>(I don't think this affects your argument directionally, but worth noting.)

Aside, but this is high class discussion culture I haven't seen on the Internet in a while.

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Re:Drug Development Failure: how GLP-1 development was aband... by doctorpangloss on Friday August 30, 2024 @09:39PM (#41406030)
How could getting the facts not just wrong, but backwards, not affect the argument directionally? He got the direction wrong!
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