inefficacy

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The process is often triggered by post-approval studies showing inefficacy, according to Harvard Law professor I. Glenn Cohen.

From Reuters • Mar. 23, 2023

He seemed to think he could figure this out, make the kind of adjustment he has made so many times before in a career defined by his ability to stave off long stretches of inefficacy.

From Washington Post • Oct. 7, 2022

He justified the approach by pointing to the inefficacy of other methods and asserting that there was “an intimate connection between the story of the patient’s sufferings and the symptoms of his illness.”

From The New Yorker • May 20, 2019

He also became convinced of the inefficacy of Congressional oversight of the agency.

From New York Times • Feb. 4, 2014

As a result of these tests, within a few years the inefficacy of sarsaparilla became very clear.

From Essays In Pastoral Medicine by ?Malley, Austin