Ya, I agree. Just trying to come up with the strongest possible counter-argument. Which may be that the FDA depends on some level of secrecy in order to prevent

Ya, I agree. Just trying to come up with the strongest possible counter-argument. Which may be that the FDA depends on some level of secrecy in order to prevent drug companies from overly tailoring their trials to their internal criteria. To be clear, I don't find that argument convincing, it's just the best one I could think of.