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New Reduced Drinking Goals in Alcohol Pharmacotherapy Trials—A Novel Public-Private Effort and FDA Approval Process

JAMA Psychiatry 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2025.2515

September 17, 2025 at 11:00 AM EDT

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This Viewpoint describes the work of a public-private partnership to establish a reduced drinking level–based end point for clinical trials of alcohol use disorder treatment.

Corresponding Author: Raymond F. Anton, MD, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, 1739 Live Oak Park, Johns Island, SC 29455 (antonr@musc.edu).

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