alt Hacker NewsSo pharmaceutical research is largely an engineering problem, of running experiments and synthesizing molecules as fast, cheap and accurate as possible ?
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kridsdale1 • 02/19/2025
It also seems to be a financial problem of getting VC funds to run trials to appease regulators. Even if you’ve already seen results in a lab or other country.
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I wouldn't say it's an engineering problem. Biology and pharmacology are very complex with lots of curveballs, and each experiment is often different and not done enough to warrant full engineering-scale optimization (although this is sometimes the case!).