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lr4444lr ◴[] No.40174042[source]
I'm not clear from the article whether this also accounts for recouping the cost of _failed_ drugs.
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1. pama ◴[] No.40176240[source]
Also the cost of drug discovery, which in this case amounted to some doctor suggesting let’s mix those previously approved drugs and see what happens, compared to 5–10 years of research, failures, and systematic work by chemists and biologists before any doctor is even involved.