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Making drug development less secretive could lead to quicker, cheaper therapies

  • Written by Matthew Todd, Associate Professor, School of Chemistry, University of Sydney
imageBy working in real time together, we can create something robust and inexpensive in a short time frameJohan Larson/Shutterstock

Almost all new medicines are discovered by the pharmaceutical industry. It’s an expensive process that requires investment up front, so investors need guarantees, secrecy and patents to safeguard their return.

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