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269. Bad Medicine, Part 2: (Drug) Trials and Tribulations

Dec 8, 2016 · 00:45:21

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✨ AI Summary

Many ineffective drugs reach the market due to flawed trials.
Trials often use 'dream patients,' not representative populations.
Being excluded from trials can be better than inclusion.

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