I know it can be seen as pedantic but it has constantly irked me...

I know it can be seen as pedantic but it has constantly irked me the way this company presents scientific data.

For a company claiming to be at the very edge of a particular area of science one would think that they could conform to the standard forms of scientific expression and presentation.

I won’t start here today about their ability to present data graphically.

These documents will be read, hopefully, by leading pharmaceutical authorities and companies.

Just a couple of simple examples today -

(1) “at an infusion rate of 30 minutes”

30 mins is not a rate it is a time period.

What they mean is “over an infusion time of 30 minutes”; and

“at a faster infusion rate of 15 minutes“

What they mean is “at a faster infusion rate over a 15 minute period”

and

(2) “resulted in over a >99% reduction“

When it should be either “resulted in over a 99% reduction” or “resulted in a >99% reduction”.

They really should employ a scientist to write their scientific reports.

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