Can Drugs Really Treat Sarcopenia? Some Patients Are Doubtful
Executive Summary
Companies developing treatments for sarcopenia ‘have no idea what they're doing’, according to Ray Lipicky, a former director of the FDA’s Cardio-Renal Drug Products Division who spoke as a patient at the US agency’s sarcopenia drug development meeting.
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