In: Commentaries

Commentary: What if … 
December 23, 2024

Several years ago we discussed potential scenarios related to the outcome of Cassava’s Phase 3 program. To remind our readers, concerns…

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Intentional misconduct or too busy to oversee the lab? 
December 23, 2024

The recent scientific misconduct in the laboratories of Eliezer Masliah is not the first such case and will unfortunately most likely…

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Imagine…
December 23, 2024

… you go to a supermarket or a grocery store, buy everything you need, pay at the cashier’s but leave all…

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Don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater
December 22, 2023

 The pressure to replace animal research with non-animal methods is growing. Earlier this year, NIH has issued a “Request for Information…

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“Home inspections” for life sciences companies going public before clinical proof of concept
December 22, 2023

For over a decade, there is a trend of less specialized investment firms and public equity investors betting on life sciences…

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“Publication of negative/null results discussed at NIH”
November 2, 2022

NINDS Office of Research Quality has presented a proposal on how to address the publication bias. It can be watched HERE (starts at…

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“The customer is king!” 
November 2, 2022

Once during our vacation in Greece, our children asked for ice cream after having dinner.  When the waiter was asked about…

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“Hold your horses!”
November 2, 2022

Risk of Alzheimer’s disease nearly doubles in older adults with Covid-19!  Like many of you, several weeks ago we have also…

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“The Steal syndrome – or the FDA Modernization Act to end animal testing requirement passes U.S. Senate”
November 2, 2022

On September 29, 2022, the U.S. Senate passed the FDA Modernization Act 2.0, S.5002, by unanimous consent. While it is unclear…

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Archimedes‘ fulcrum and the “reproducibility” debate
June 16, 2022

We like to cite Dorothy Bishop who wrote several years ago: “We know how to formulate and test hypotheses in controlled…

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