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I know it's a gross question but who would invest the money to get FDA approval for it? The better angels of our nature don't have a couple hundred million sit
by jcims 6y ago
I know it's a gross question but who would invest the money to get FDA approval for it? The better angels of our nature don't have a couple hundred million sitting around to throw at the process. Are there grants or funds for getting approval for development of medicines that aren't patentable?
- manmal 6y agoAre you forgetting about state funding?
- wpasc 6y agoWhat's the history of a state fully funding a drug (not talking about basic research)? Has a government developed, tested, approved, and provided a medicine? genuinely curious, but you can't forget something that hasn't happened yet
- manmal 6y agoI‘m not an expert on this, but it seems that penicillin was discovered and developed into a drug with public funding.
- jcims 6y agoNo. You may not have seen it but I edited my comment a few minutes after posting to mention grants. The FDA does have an orphan drug program that would seem to apply (if non-patentable) and could help fund clinical trials but I don’t know how much else of the process it will pay for.
- NormenNomen 6y agoUS constituent states cannot print money. This only makes sense at the federal level.
- CameronNemo 6y agoAre there not charities looking for solutions to address the pandemic? Such as the Gates Foundation? And does the drug approval process seriously cost $200 million. I imagine it is not cheap, but that number seems very high for such small trial groups and a highly motivated/cooperative regulatory agency.
- jcims 6y agoSure, it's not impossible to get unencumbered funding.