Why women were left out of clinical trials

Research · 11 July 2026

Not an accident, and not ancient history. A 1977 FDA guidance formally excluded women of childbearing potential from early trials; the 1993 NIH Revitalization Act reversed it. The documented history, and the evidence gap it left behind.

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