The Cassava Sciences saga: Short sellers, ‘gaming’ the FDA, and the damaging ripple effects

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The Federal Drug Administration’s decision last month to deny a citizen petition on behalf of short sellers with positions in Cassava Sciences stock highlights the damage the commonly exploited regulatory process can have on a company, regardless of innocence or guilt.

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