Discovery to Market
Discovery to Market articles place a focus on the commercial side of research and how scientific discoveries can impact the public.
Use Or Abuse? Corticosteroids For Pain Relief
You may have heard of injured athletes who are made to ‘play through the pain barrier’ with the help of ‘injections’, these are actually corticosteroids—the gold standard of anti-inflammatory medicine. While this is somewhat of [...]
Viagra: Is The Blue Pill Finally Losing Its Potency?
22 April 2020 marked D-Day for Viagra—Pfizer’s famous diamond-shaped blue pill—as it lost market exclusivity in the United States. Having witnessed mind-boggling sales of the drug for two decades, we take a look at the [...]
The Billion-Dollar Counterfeit Drug Industry
In any industry where demand outstrips supply, there are bound to be impersonators and fakes. Not long after the Romans first started to discover and collect Greek statues, imitations quickly began to flood the market. [...]
Superbugs 1 Humankind 0 – Pharma Giants Abandoning Antibiotics R&D
So, you’re a little under the weather. “Nothing too serious”, says your doctor, as she prescribes you a course of antibiotics. “You should soon be well.” But what if your symptoms continue to get worse, [...]
FDA Priority Review Vouchers Provide Hope For Patients With Rare and Neglected Diseases
Remember those ‘get out of jail free’ cards in the board game Monopoly, with somewhat dubious value (i.e. you’d always sell them right before you landed in jail) that could get you back in the [...]
The True Story of Drug Detective Frances Kelsey
What is the role of regulation in drug development? It may seem like a big obstacle in the path to discovering and delivering novel medicines to patients, potentially delaying treatment and prolonging their discomfort. This [...]
