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Therapeutic progress

New products or techniques are only worthwhile if they translate into better care for patients. Clinical data may mean little in terms of improving patients’ health, and lives. How can we know genuine progress when we see it? 

Gambling with patients’ well-being

Back to basics

Non-inferiority = a non-event!

Rare diseases: more new drugs, mixed results

Second-line drugs: no to second-rate evaluations

Combined end points

Needs oriented research at a standstill

ISDB declaration: what is an innovative drug?