Seriously, do you understand how clinical trials pass or fail?...

Seriously, do you understand how clinical trials pass or fail? This is beyond funny.

By your rationale, almost every clinical trial in the history of clinical trials can therefore be considered a success, so long as the drug or device was ‘reasonably safe’ and ‘worked a little bit’, and even if the trial was technically a failure and the drug or device never got approved. That sure is a strange and twisted marker of ‘success’.

Without statistical significance vs placebo, drugs do not get approved.

By your rationale, the 3 terminated AZ trials were a triumph and success for Starpharma because no one died.

By your rationale, VivaGel condom commercialisation has been a success because someone bought a packet yesterday in Japan.

By your rationale, a loss-making 20 year investment in Starpharma has been a success because 40 odd Starpharma staff have been employed during this time and pay taxes.

Have I got this right?