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5 - Sex and the Single Patient

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 November 2022

Stephen Senn
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Summary

The difficult issue of getting beyond averages when it comes to describing the effects of treatment is addressed. Are women essentially different from men in the way that treatment affects them? If so, how should trials be run to address this? The field of bioequivalence trials is described. These are used to show that generic drugs may safely be used instead of brand name innovator formulations. A claim that bioequivalance is different for women than for men is shown to be false.

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clinical trialssexual politicssubgroupspersonalized medicine
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Dicing with Death
Living by Data
 , pp. 97 - 120
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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