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Re:AlphaFold reveals the structure of the protein universe by axg11 on Thursday July 28, 2022 @10:40AM (#32264959)
That is only true because of our current tools and capabilities. With improved manufacturing techniques and AlphaFold++ I think biologics will dominate. Even still, there are ~2000 approved biologics [0].

[0] - https://purplebooksearch.fda.gov/advanced-search

Re:AlphaFold reveals the structure of the protein universe by bckr on Thursday July 28, 2022 @10:57AM (#32265233)
Yep, proteins are so much more flexible / precise than small molecules. Also we can get the body to produce them. Think mRNA vaccines.