Wednesday, September 26, 2012

White House seeks to double new drugs. Really?

Amazing! Why not? And how it will be done? We read here:
The U.S. should implement policies that will double the output of new, innovative medicines for important unmet medical needs within 15 years, according to a report released Tuesday by the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology. The report on "Propelling Innovation in Drug Discovery, Development, and Evaluation" said this goal could be met through increasing funding for basic, translational and regulatory science and creating a broad-based partnership bringing together government, industry, academia and other stakeholders to improve the discovery, development and evaluation of new medicines.
Well, in reality – nothing special, the same populist mantra:  increasing funding for basic, translational and regulatory science and creating a broad-based partnership bringing together government, industry, academia. Politicians should find out something more impressive and new… Otherwise - not even a chance to maintain the amount of new drugs on the same level!

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