Wasn’t post hoc. That’s a lie. It was after the original plan, but it was not post hoc. That’s a false accusation that sounds good. As for external ECA’s, the FDA changed their position on that almost as if for this trial in particular. The timing was quite interesting.
I think you’re wrong, further other treatments that did not extend survival, and that actually did analysis post hoc have been approved quite frequently. So these points you make might sound like some sort of technical argument to get retail to run away with their tails between their legs, but the FDA is interested in the actual data and science, not the form, not rigid standards from a bygone era, not chatter amongst shorts and the columnists that cater to their trading… facts, science and patient and medical benefit are what matter and the data is clear.