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evandijk70 43 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Clinical failure rates over the decades: yikes

Lots of reasons.

The new drug could be cheaper to manufacture, fewer side effects, a full cure in stead of a functional cure.

bonsai_spool 43 days ago [–]

Cost of manufacture is not a meaningful driver of pricing outside the biological

How will your clinical trial of the ostensible full cure work if standard of care is curing people?

evandijk70 43 days ago | [–]

A full cure would probably have less side-effects, since a functional cure means a life-long dependence on drugs.

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