If J&amp;J thought their drugs worked, I&#x27;d naively think that they could just invest a (perhaps significant) fraction of the eventual settlement to prove as much to the FDA. It would boost sales and allow them to promote them indefinitely, out in the open.<p>Either they couldn&#x27;t be bothered, or in fact they tried to prove it, and failed. If J&amp;J can&#x27;t prove a drug works, the odds that it does actually work seems... low, given the amount of resources J&amp;J have.