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Re:Cure for cancer one step closer after 'spectacular' break... by fasteo on Tuesday June 02, 2015 @03:59AM (#9644522)
Drug R+D plus approval processes are very expensive both in time (>10 years) and money (>2 American billions) [1]

[1] http://csdd.tufts.edu/news/complete_story/pr_tufts_csdd_2014...

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Re:Cure for cancer one step closer after 'spectacular' break... by jvvlimme on Tuesday June 02, 2015 @06:02AM (#9644856)
Don't believe everything they say. Tufts is financed by the pharmaceutical industry AND is based on data provided by the industry.
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Re:Cure for cancer one step closer after 'spectacular' break... by datashovel on Tuesday June 02, 2015 @06:30AM (#9644959)
In today's world it's hard to believe there are approval processes built to take > 10 years and > $2 billion.

I would bet if these processes were carried out "transparently" we would find alot of waste and inefficiencies.

I get the feeling things will change once Silicon Valley finally decides to get more invested in the pharmaceutical industry.

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