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by mft_ 9y ago
It's not clear from the first article what sort of "research" is covered by the calculation, nor how they've come up with these figures. Lots of basic research is done which furthers our understanding of biology; whethe
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Assuming you're referring to the general development and supply of all drugs (in particular new drugs, as well as generics) the simple answer is that the process of discovering and developing new drugs is both high-risk and also hein
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Agree - it's the typical sensationalist click-bait nonsense that passes for journalism these days. Elon Musk gives lots of clicks, ergo SpaceX (or Tesla) are also lot of clicks, ergo try to link the story to SpaceX. (Wouldn't it b
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by mft_ 9y ago
On Sierra here: * Chrome 63.0.3239.108 - broken * Safari 11.0.2 (12604.4.7.1.4) - works fine
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Indeed - the article refers to subsequent agreements between DeepMind and the NHS which did fulfil the necessary requirements. I don't think there's much of a story here apart from basic incompetence in a single instance - mostly
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I would argue that in a lot of cases, people become victims due to the current laws and societal standards surrounding drug use. The illegality of (for example) heroin drives: * uncertainty of quality/content of drugs purchased -->
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IU/d = international units per day (a measure of vitamin D intake) nmol/L = nanomoles per litre (a measure of resultant blood concentration of vitamin D) The ELI5 is: 1. Trials indicate that vitamin D deficiency (possibly below a
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by mft_ 9y ago
I think you've got this totally back-to-front. Tesla makes cars. We've known how to make cars for a while now - even electric cars. What was critical for Tesla was the vision: to see that we were approaching a tipping point wher
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What a terribly frustrating article. 1. It doesn't satisfactorily make the case that targeting the audience rather than the topic-related websites doesn't work or make sense. (I'd argue that a deeper problem is that most
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Can you point towards any further information on this, please? I'd like to read more.
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Abbvie (Mavyret) and Gilead (Solvadi, Harvoni) have both developed and marketed treatments which cure Hepatitis C. Roche sells MabThera which (together with chemotherapy) cures about 2/3rds of a common type of lymphoma. They also rece
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Do you have any more information to explain this further? For example, how are 'flu vaccines approved each year? Is it because 'flu can be lethal in rare cases?
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The article you linked to discusses the cost of CAR-T therapies for DLBCL and ALL, not a Hep-C cure. That's what the previous commenter was referring to as 'an outlier'.
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> Drug companies' profit models pretty much require them to focus on developing drugs that people have to use for the rest of their lives - that manage a condition rather than treat it. Not true - there are plenty of examples of g
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Hum... you wanna tell the guy who's totally revolutionised the space industry, doing things rational people would have thought impossible not so very long ago... that he's doing it wrong?! I'd hazard that companies which achi
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Thanks :) Think it was this that I saw (on HN, and as posted above): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14651884
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I remember reading that USPS loses money on every cheap Chinese package - it's a legacy agreement IIRC.
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I'm glad that Google is thinking along these lines - as an amateur coder, I often find the UX of some of their products (e.g. AppEngine, YouTube API) terrible, often related to documentation not actually being comprehensive enough. And
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As as introvert, as much as I like to see an article showing the positives that introverts bring to a business environment, this article unfortunately perpetuates many of the popularly-held untruths about introverts. Let’s start with the cr
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I agree that what Uber have done --and are still doing-- is particularly impressive, and took a particular type of leader and team. There is no current comparison I can think of. I also agree strongly with another poster that the current ve