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The average time from scientific discovery to commercial success in biotech is measured in decades. Barry Werth's book The Antidote goes into why it's so slow a
by apsec112 3y ago
The average time from scientific discovery to commercial success in biotech is measured in decades. Barry Werth's book The Antidote goes into why it's so slow and complicated: https://www.amazon.com/Antidote-Inside-World-New-Pharma/dp/1451655665 https://www.amazon.com/Antidote-Inside-World-New-Pharma/dp/1...
- dgrin91 3y agoOk its been just about 4 decades. There appears to be 0 progress on this front.
- IshKebab 3y agoIt costs a ton of money to bring a treatment to market, and this one has roughly zero commercial value. Presumably once in the world it would naturally spread just by people kissing or whatever. I don't think it's totally impossible that this really works and everyone gave up on it. But I'd probably still put my money on this not really working (or having unwelcome side effects) and people quietly shutting down the project without publicly documenting the issues.