RE: Myths and fantasy - what should we have known when designing our trial19 May 2024 15:42
All these big pharmas with their know-it-all never fail management teams, world-beating scientific expertise, colossal budgets, innovative platforms and unparalleled political clout...and yet these crackers are littering my inbox!?
"Bristol Myers reveals trial failure"
"Another attempt at improving upon AstraZeneca’s Imfinzi in stage 3, unresectable non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) has gone up in flames."
"AstraZeneca’s Evusheld fails to improve Covid outcomes in Phase III trial"
"AstraZeneca's drug suffered a pair of late-stage trial failures "
"Bayer's blood thinner fails Eliquis test, sinking phase 3 trial and denting $5B sales forecast"
"Merck KGaA's BTK drug flunks pivotal multiple sclerosis trials, sending shockwaves through the sector."
"Bayer to withdraw follicular lymphoma therapy after trial failure"
"Sanofi to end tusamitamab ravtansine development after trial failure"
"GSK's blood cancer drug fails"
"Pfizer, J&J scrap Alzheimer's studies as drug fails"
"Coronavirus drug remdesivir 'fails first trial'
We can all read the headlines and they don't lie; BP is as constrained as we are. Your jolly hockey sticks comparison of "little twee inept Synairgen can't compete with Big Mighty pharma", is silly and it's fast becoming a bit of a joke DocDan, as are you.