This is very rarely the case. Almost always they come across some draw back, that makes it completely impractical, and 5-10-15- whatever, years pass without anyone overcoming said drawback.
Mostly because it was found not to be effective in trials, or it had some side effect that made it a bad idea. See thalidomide for an example of what happens when you don’t test properly.
Yep. This.
5 years later
Discovery gets bought for an obscene amount of money, NDA is signed, discovery is never spoken of again.
This is very rarely the case. Almost always they come across some draw back, that makes it completely impractical, and 5-10-15- whatever, years pass without anyone overcoming said drawback.
Cancer treatment also has had lots of improvements but they aren’t newsworthy if they’re not the Cure to Cancer™️
Yeah, lots of people do not realize it is not one disease, it is unregulated cell growth, of many kinds, caused by many diseases.
Mostly because it was found not to be effective in trials, or it had some side effect that made it a bad idea. See thalidomide for an example of what happens when you don’t test properly.