• By Lara C. Pullen
• 26 Jun, 2019

Randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trials have long been the gold standard for drug approval. Patients are assigned to either drug or placebo and the comparison between the two groups can provide meaningful data to allow the Food and Drug Association (FDA), pharmaceutical companies, physicians, and patients to understand whether the perceived drug effect (or safety signal) results from the drug or is the result of the placebo effect.
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