Epistatacadam on Nostr: As a balancing comment, following thalidomide and other harms to infants in the womb ...

As a balancing comment, following thalidomide and other harms to infants in the womb accidents, it is often considered unethical to conduct trials on non pregnancy related conditions in women of child bearing age. That does rather remove a large chunk of the population from the potential pool. That doesn't fully explain the problem I know, but it isn't entirely unethical to exclude women from trials. Especially if the study/treatment is to be long term.