Pharma teams think they are better at clinical trial design than they actually are.

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Despite their size and experience, big pharma are not that great at clinical trial design.

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Supplies could become available to public health authorities in four to six months, and the FDA is reviewing the final clinical trial design, she said.

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The results will need to confirmed in a much bigger clinical trial, the design of which Acorda will need to discuss with the Food and Drug Administration.

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In order to design and run a successful clinical trial, it is crucial for the actual investigators to collect the data themselves and not rely on information gathered by other groups.

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For the best outcome and restoration of trust, this completely independent group of researchers would analyze data (and preferably design) from an industry-linked clinical trial.

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