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Why the drug-discovery model is broken
- cabacon 16y agoIf anyone found this interesting, you should check out "In the Pipeline", a nice insider blog in the pharma industry: http://pipeline.corante.com/index.xml http://pipeline.corante.com/index.xml As a free bonus, his "Things I won't work with" sub-series is a great humor read about dangerous chemicals.
- epochwolf 16y agoSingle page: http://www.xconomy.com/national/2010/06/24/fixing-the-broken-model-look-inside-your-company/?single_page=true http://www.xconomy.com/national/2010/06/24/fixing-the-broken...
- thefool 16y agoIts also that a lot of things that have been discovered have fallen out of use because they are no longer patentable and thus do not get any investment from drug companies.
- barmstrong 16y agoIt's likely that the FDA has actually caused more deaths than they have prevented, by delaying and increasing the costs of bringing new drugs to market. More info: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZL25NSLhEA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZL25NSLhEA