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		agumonkey on May 1, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How pharmaceutical industry financial modelers thi... Great article. Best of luck to them. Anybody knows about efforts to lower trial phases costs down ? (without lowering quality of course). Any out of the box idea ?

boyband6666 on May 1, 2019 [–]

Collaboration - one control arm, 2+ active drugs from multiple companies (why not 6+?). Fewer patients exposed to placebo, less paperwork, same statistical power, more so if you randomise 2:1:1:1:1:1 rather than a standard trial with 1:1 or 2:1

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