Oxford University breakthrough on global COVID-19 vaccine

Re:Oxford University breakthrough on global COVID-19 vaccine by factsaresacred on Monday November 23, 2020 @06:05AM (#25185544)

Survivorship bias. The bankrupt businesses never get the chance to become big and so you don't hear about them.

However I'm certain that the category "bankrupt pharma company" is littered with examples.

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Re:Oxford University breakthrough on global COVID-19 vaccine by oblio on Monday November 23, 2020 @06:27AM (#25185635)

How many of these small companies are

a) researching Covid-19 vaccines?

b) will they actually get to produce millions and millions of doses?

Almost every case I know of, it's a huge company or even a state owned one.

Who are we actually arguing for/against? The hypothetical "small pharma"?

Keep in mind that just like for banking, due to the amount of (necessary) regulation, there aren't many small pharma companies out there.

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Re:Oxford University breakthrough on global COVID-19 vaccine by andi999 on Monday November 23, 2020 @07:14AM (#25185898)

Well Biontech wasnt big until beginning of this year.

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