This is a very interesting case to me. I honestly wouldn’t know what to do. In my life though I have always found that honesty is a better policy. Releasing a product and banking on a placebo test is probably what is most often done but I would hope not to be done otherwise. I would ask for an extension, or make an appeal to the FDA hoping to come around at a later date. Cutting corners will usually get you caught and puts to many lives at risk. If you’re looking for a job after either scenario, I think it would be better to say ” I couldn’t comply with new regulations in time” rather than “I cut corners and may have killed people”.