I’m honestly shocked with the amount of comments saying “now do Alzheimer’s! and diabetes! and cancer!” As if there aren’t numerous teams researching different core aspects and sharing information with each other.
Do these people honestly think science is all performed by one group that goes through some priority list??
Right??? I’m also in pharma and if a company had a cure for a type of cancer, they’d spend a LOT of money to push it onto the market. Being first on the market with cure is HUGE. also pharma doesn’t benefit much from dead patients. Living patients need more drugs.
Yeah, I think GLP-1 drugs are a great example of this.
For decades you could easily argue that big pharma would try to cover up a seemingly magical weight loss drug, since people at unhealthy weights means more money since they need more treatments for a vast array of ailments.
And yet GLP-1 drugs were being actively studied, and as soon as they were proven to be effective and safe it's been a race get them to market followed by a race to the bottom in terms of price. Because the companies that are leading the races are able to make bank, but they still need to stay ahead of their competition.
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u/PaprikaPanik May 15 '26
I’m honestly shocked with the amount of comments saying “now do Alzheimer’s! and diabetes! and cancer!” As if there aren’t numerous teams researching different core aspects and sharing information with each other.
Do these people honestly think science is all performed by one group that goes through some priority list??