"I strongly endorse this piece by @gregggonsalves at The Nation. I've been hitting on some of the same themes here on the blog and elsewhere - that the FDA is becoming too lenient in drug approvals, that advocacy groups are abetting this too often, and that patients are not actually served by allowing them to take drugs that don't work."

https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/getting-accelerated-approval-wrong