> I don't think quantum computing will have any sort of impact on drug discovery. I also was very surprised by that. I think it's probably 98% hype and 2% trut

> I don't think quantum computing will have any sort of impact on drug discovery. I also was very surprised by that. I think it's probably 98% hype and 2% truth. There might be cases where the better understanding of physics brought by QC will impact a better understanding of biology. But I'd be very surprised if that made a big impact. > I've always found the missing thing in life saving pharmaceuticals is sick people to test compounds on. I don't think that's the case either. I think people who have a life-threatening illness are pretty willing to take part in trials. What I'd rather think is that likely the most important thing is to apply stricter scientific standards. Pharma companies have been complaining that they can't replicate the vast majority of pre-clinical cancer studies. The pharma companies themselves are also guilty of skewing research by hiding results and not sharing data. That's the thing that's holding up research. There's too much crappy science that wastes resources.