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Re:New antiviral treatment made from sugar by rrtthu on Thursday January 30, 2020 @09:44AM (#22191579)
Isn't there also the mirror molecule thing they can do to imitate patented ones?
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Re:New antiviral treatment made from sugar by montalbano on Thursday January 30, 2020 @09:56AM (#22191673)
Not necessarily, see Thalidomide for example:

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/02/160208124237.h...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isomer#Medicinal_chemistry

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