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The FDA's scientific committee nearly unanimously voted against aduhelm. The political side of the FDA overruled that consensus to give preliminary approval, wh
by jcranmer 5y ago
The FDA's scientific committee nearly unanimously voted against aduhelm. The political side of the FDA overruled that consensus to give preliminary approval, which has been thoroughly panned by a large portion of the medical and scientific community, prompted three resignations from said committee, and has prompted a Congressional investigation.
Aduhelm's approval basically came about in violation of the FDA's processes, so it's hopefully merely a one-off example of corruption rather than a harbinger of the death of science at the FDA.