confirmatory
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“This count reflects only the animals that have gone through sampling and confirmatory testing in multiple labs,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 2026
Analyst David Stanton says this was likely due to concerns about the effect size of the confirmatory trial.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 2026
If that proves positive, a confirmatory blood test is required - but that can take laboratories weeks to analyse.
From BBC ● Dec. 11, 2025
But in 2022, it said it would withdraw the drug after it failed External link a required confirmatory trial.
From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2025
But note Sabra’s judgement: ‘It remains true, however, that the confirmatory experiments in I. H.’
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
