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In other words, it's a column by a guy who spent his career in drug discovery. Not merely a journalist.
by mcguire 5y ago
In other words, it's a column by a guy who spent his career in drug discovery. Not merely a journalist.
- refurb 5y agoDerek always had a well informed take, but asking scientist about a regulatory decision is like asking a engineer about a legal decision. Informed, but not an expert.
- joe_the_user 5y agoYeah, Derek Lowe is a professional drug researcher who "moonlights" as a popular science writer. If the other drug researchers are sticking necks out to say this is bullshit, it's pretty like that ... this is bullshit. The situation he describes that all the other companies had already failed to their useless drugs approved. Now that one useless drug slips through, all the others are going try and do that.