Raja sees clearly: Cassava’s study results as “uninterpretable.” Asked by STAT to examine the simufilam data, Alzheimer’ scientists not involved in Cassava’s study said the cognitive benefit claim was exaggerated and not supported by the design of the clinical trial.
Spot on. I've noticed all along that the big thing about SAVA is they designed their own diagnostic instead of using standard tests
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Imagine if you will a football game where instead of touchdowns and field goals as determining the score, you instead said that what matters is "first down yardage".
Now those who know the game know that "first down yardage" may be an indicator of success in some circumstances, as big first down yardage opens up second down as an opportunity to try a wider, risker group of plays, and you still have 3rd down to get another first down.
But, this could also be gamed. You could design a team with a big running back and offensive line by sacrificing picks for receivers and QB. You would get big first down yardage but ultimately not score as the defense would start only playing the run.
OR, more likely in Sava's case, you could change the rules of football to denote winning as first down yardage if that is all your team is good for.
And note that SAVA's good lawyers are very careful to have mgt say the team is good at first down yardage, which they "believe" correlates with scoring, but they do not say they are scoring.
Until SAVA shows they can score with the standard tests, they deserve scepticism.