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Not to mention just because the pace has increased doesnt mean individual drugs are being released at "breakneck speed".


There are plenty of example of drugs costing 10-100x what they normally would, which pharma companies get all the heat for, are drugs that would otherwise have plenty of competition but dont due to to backlogs at the FDA.

Including the most famous one: Epipens

https://slatestarcodex.com/2016/08/29/reverse-voxsplaining-d...


> Reconstructions of pakicetids that followed the discovery of composite skeletons often depicted them with fur; however, given their relatively close relationships with hippos, they may have had sparse body hair.

Maybe a pig-like-opossum?

https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Pakicetus


Wolf packs can take down a polar bear so its not entirely one-to-one with size/skill.


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