4.150 Approval from the FDA for Antidepressants The FDA (US Food and Drug Administration) is responsible for approving all new drugs sold in the US. I antidepressant, the FDA requires two results from randomized double-blind experiments showing the drug is more effective than a placebo at a 5% level. The FDA does not put a limit on the number of times a drug company can try such experiments. Explain, using the problem of multiple tests, why the FDA might want to rethink its guidelines. n order to approve a new drug for use as an 4.150 Approval from the FDA for Antidepressants The FDA (US Food and Drug Administration) is responsible for approving all new drugs sold in the US. I antidepressant, the FDA requires two results from randomized double-blind experiments showing the drug is more effective than a placebo at a 5% level. The FDA does not put a limit on the number of times a drug company can try such experiments. Explain, using the problem of multiple tests, why the FDA might want to rethink its guidelines. n order to approve a new drug for use as an