Biotech Values

[DewDiligence]

>When the words "potentially", "extrapolate", and "preclinical" appear anywhere in the first paragraph or two of a press release, ins't the rule to make like Monty Python and run away?<

Never mind the paragraphs—the second sentence of the PR has “potentially,” “extrapolate,” and “preclinical” as well as “preliminary”:

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Preliminary analysis indicated that potentially therapeutic blood levels of BIT225 were achieved, based on calculations extrapolated from preclinical in vitro antiviral efficacy studies.
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LMAO

Moreover, the PR implies that the drug program in question will place equal emphasis on HIV and HCV. What the author of the PR evidently fails to recognize is that any drug equally suited to treating HIV and HCV is almost surely unsuited for either of them.