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Big Pharma and the Placebo Effect
A funny thing keeps happening on the way to getting new drugs approved by the FDA. Placebos, or sugar pills, are beating out new blockbuster medicines in test trials, causing a series of setbacks for big pharmaceuticals. Steve Silberman is a senior writer at Wired magazine.
By Sara Terry • • 1 min readA funny thing keeps happening on the way to getting new drugs approved by the FDA. Placebos, or sugar pills, are beating out new blockbuster medicines in test trials, causing a series of setbacks for big pharmaceuticals. Steve Silberman is a senior writer at Wired magazine.
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