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Cost of developing new drugs may be lower than industry claims: trial

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275 points swores | 1 comments | 25 Apr 24 12:25 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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tompccs ◴[26 Apr 24 20:48 UTC] No.40174095[source]▶
You can't compare running a clinical trial for a drug targeting a communicable disease in the developing world to trials for treatments of complex diseases in rich countries where you need serology, histopathology and radiological endpoints.

Worth noting as well that J&J have shut down their entire division in communicable diseases because it was so unprofitable for them.

(Source: I work in this industry)

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thomassmith65 ◴[26 Apr 24 21:21 UTC] No.40174444[source]▶
Was it 'unprofitable' as in 'losing money', or 'unprofitable' as in 'not worth the time'? If it's the latter, I don't have enough information about the rest of J&J to draw any conclusions.
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s1artibartfast ◴[26 Apr 24 21:36 UTC] No.40174593[source]▶
Financially, they are the same.

If you can make more money by not doing X, than doing X, it doesnt matter.

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interstice ◴[26 Apr 24 22:12 UTC] No.40174875{3}[source]▶
That rules out just about any non regulated altruism. Eg open source
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1. lend000 ◴[27 Apr 24 01:40 UTC] No.40176323{4}[source]▶
Individuals can and do make non-financially motivated decisions. But in larger groups, especially a large corporation like J&J, you can apply the law of large numbers and determine that decisions are a result of incentives (primarily money).