Anavex Life Sciences Corp (AVXL)

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"Lies, damned lies, and statistics."

This phrase has been attributed to Samuel Clemens, Mark Twain. It seems presently to have function in the current considerations of the statistical metrics of blarcamesine’s clinical trials.

Fewer people fall when they have Alzheimer’s and are being treated with blarcamesine. Contrarily, people with Alzheimer’s being treated with a placebo have greater fall rates.

The claim, then, that blarcamesine reduces Alzheimer’s fall rates must simply be one of those lies. Or, more probably, because it's Anavex and blarcamesine, it's a damned lie. Real statistics, by professionals competent in those arcane numerical machinations, will prove conclusively that blarcamesine simply does not, cannot reduce falls in people with Alzheimer’s.