"but I cannot imagine why it would not work in humans since it is going against the same virus it worked on in the lab"
LC couldn't let that statement pass. Who could? It makes an assumption that the pharmaceutical community, both big and "developing", knows to be unreliable.
Prurisol worked GREAT on psoriasis in the lab. Just ask the mice. It even seemed to work in mild to moderate human patients, if not in the moderate to severe population.
But when push came to shove it got the heave-ho.
Whether the RBL’s are legitimate and qualified organizations has no bearing on the issue. No one questioned the pre-clinical Prurisol work.
It's fair to point out the prurisol example until it no longer applies. It still applies and only a successful B-CV P2 trial will make it go away.
Remember that in case you're tempted to say anything as ill conceived as "but I cannot imagine why it would not work in humans since it is going against the same virus it worked on in the lab".