<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote><i>Originally posted by: <b>bkc3</b></i>
The latest posting from Gilead seems fairly promising. I think sometimes when a company is trying to hurry things along, they don't do a very good job of organizing, designing and performing their studies. When this happens, it seems like more time is taken trying to recover and do things the "right" way. It sounds like this will be another weapon in our arsenal soon.</end quote></div>
Quite the contrary.
When you perform clinical trials to enable drug approval, there is open dialogue with the FDA. Study designs are reviewed, # of patients recruited is reviewed, etc.
Gilead is no exception.
The FDA went back on their word about Gilead's aztreonam study design, which caused Gilead to have to back track.