Guest Speaker Natalie Reed / Discussion

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Drug Development

dmh003 23 Oct 2009 19:54

I thought it was interesting that it takes about 10,000 compounds just to make 1 drug. This process can take up to 16 years and cost over $2 million dollars. The Drug Company can also loose up to 2$ million dollars a day from the time the drug is patent. This can explain the reason for the high prices we pay for drugs today.

Drug Development 2

M Trisler 23 Oct 2009 22:08

I agree, we should probably skip all the rigorous testing phases there are and just throw the untested drugs at patients and hope for the best. This outta reduce costs and heck, if were producing 10,000 new compounds every 16 years we can kiss resistance goodbye.

On the other hand I like living so maybe things are good just the way they are. Who knows….

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wendyhofmeyer 26 Oct 2009 18:37

Who said anything about wanting to skip the testing phases? …

kacistoneburner 26 Oct 2009 18:56

We aren't producing 10,000 new compounds every 16 years, it takes 10,000 compounds to make one drug that takes 16 years to be formed. This is why resistance is so high and we can't just instantly form new drugs. And skipping testing phases would definitely not be a good idea!

Kat003 27 Oct 2009 03:55

I had no idea that you don't have to have an MD to do clinical research. I liked how Natalie talked about the different steps it takes to get an antibiotic on the market. Now I understand why it takes so long and so much money to create an antibiotic.
-Kat

M Trisler 28 Oct 2009 01:29

HA it was sarcasim cause the original reply made it sound like it costs a lot of money, we def. should not skip any testing phases at all. :)

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dmh003 12 Nov 2009 13:41

No one said anything about skipping testing phases at all..where are you getting that? The first post simply states why the process takes so long due to all the testing phases that are done.

M Trisler 12 Nov 2009 16:58

I commented earlier saying it would save time and money to just skip the testing phases all together and give people the untested drugs, I wasn't being serious though…

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nickig89 12 Nov 2009 01:53

I also thought this speaker was very interesting and the cost of the research surprised me as well. This explains why we need to have so many people working on testing and why they need some federal funding.

On a side note…let's try to keep sarcatic comments off of wiki..it's lame

M Trisler 12 Nov 2009 06:09

O thanks Nicki, but I don't recall asking for your opinion. However, I'll TRY to remember what you said when making future posts. No promises! :)

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agb002 07 Dec 2009 15:53

a thing I rlly like about Natalie, as well, is that she wasn't a perfect student in college. it rlly is reassuring!