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ano-ther ◴[] No.40173971[source]
I'd be eager to learn more, but it seems that they have only published the topline figures [1] and some of their methodology [2]. Details will follow in a journal.

Perhaps worth noting that development cost account for more than the phase 2-3 studies and that cost are lower for combinations of known drugs. But yes, 34 million is a lot less than 3 billion.

[1] https://msfaccess.org/precedent-setting-move-towards-drug-de...

> *Total costs were €33.9 million. While the topline results were presented at the WHO PPRI conference, the full detailed costs of the clinical trial have been submitted for a peer-review publication to a journal. In the full publication, the costs are broken down into 27 cost categories, by year, and by trial site, in order to offer a high level of transparency.

[2] https://msfaccess.org/transparency-core-clinical-trial-cost-...

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javiramos ◴[] No.40174285[source]
I would love to know the shortcut to developing a commercially viable drug for $34M.
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1. LorenPechtel ◴[] No.40182059[source]
Combo of existing drugs. They're looking at a test of whether a particular cocktail works, the drugs themselves were tested long ago.