> Or rather, there will be studies, but they’ll be much smaller. And the pharma companies will figure out ways to manipulate them. The only reason we have big,

> Or rather, there will be studies, but they’ll be much smaller. And the pharma companies will figure out ways to manipulate them. The only reason we have big, less-than-completely-manipulated studies is that the FDA demands it, and employs lots of experts to figure out which studies have been manipulated or not. LOL the blind trust that the author has for the seriousness of the FDA when it comes to clinical studies is absolutely laughable. The same FDA approved Vioxx and let Oxycontin ravage the US for years before moving any finger, and because of public pressure rather than anything else. Its failures speak volumes on how useless that agency is. Besides it is very easy to design clinical trials to make your drug look better than it actually is, and p hacking is still a thing. The FDA is the cargo cult of clinical science.