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It's #MolecularBioscienceWeek 🧪
It's an annual celebration of the impact of fundamental research—so, a great time to acknowledge its life-saving effects is by looking back at this vintage #ISpyPhysiology blog on how drugs make it to market: ow.ly/UTCL50ZSMB1 #Physiology
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A Billion Dollar Gamble: How Drugs are Developed - I Spy Physiology Blog
Pharmaceutical drugs undoubtedly save lives. Penicillin, given to a patient for the first time in 1941, was the first antibiotic developed and has saved millions of lives. It’s no easy task, bringing a drug to market. It can take over a decade and more than a billion dollars. If an individual person wanted to fund … Continue reading A Billion Dollar Gamble: How Drugs are Developed
