Solution) A leading drug company has developed two candidate generic formulations of a therapeutic agent for t
Question:
A leading drug company has developed two candidate generic formulations of a therapeutic agent for the treatment of hypertension. In a clinical trial on 18 volunteers, the efficacies of the proprietary product (formulation A) and two generic formulations (formulations B and C) were evaluated. The results presented below represent the blood pressure (systolic) lowering of each formulation in the volunteers.
Lowering of blood pressure (mm Hg) | ||
Formulation A | Formulation B | Formulation C |
10.4 | 3.5 | 9.6 |
23.5 | 2.6 | 6.7 |
15.5 | 6.7 | 9.6 |
34.2 | 6.5 | 12.6 |
18.6 | 9.5 | 14.6 |
20.3 | 5.4 | 9.6 |
(b) Describe an appropriate test that may be applied to examine differences between the clinical efficacies of the formulations in the above study (i.e. between formulations A and B, formulations A and C or between formulations B and C). Using this test, examine whether the clinical efficacy of the proprietary formulation differs from the two generic formulations.
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