This what the process should be:
1. Discovers drug, therapy treats X disease
2. Publish a Paper
3. Doctor tells patient and patient signs a risk waiver and gets it
Total time: Less than a year.
This what the process is.
1. Discovers Dexamethasone can help Meniere's disease
2. Big pharma companies analyze the market.
3. Big pharma decides how to proprietize medical treatment
4. Big pharma seeks more investors
5. Begin preclinical trials
6. Look for more investors
7. Apply to FDA for clinical trials
8. Recruit for trial
9. Begin trial phase 1
10. Submit trial data for review
11. Wait for FDA to review data
12. Repeat steps 7-11 up to 6 times
13. Get FDA approval
14. Market drug
15. Patient gets drug/treatment
Total time: 4-10 years
1. Discovers drug, therapy treats X disease
2. Publish a Paper
3. Doctor tells patient and patient signs a risk waiver and gets it
Total time: Less than a year.
This what the process is.
1. Discovers Dexamethasone can help Meniere's disease
2. Big pharma companies analyze the market.
3. Big pharma decides how to proprietize medical treatment
4. Big pharma seeks more investors
5. Begin preclinical trials
6. Look for more investors
7. Apply to FDA for clinical trials
8. Recruit for trial
9. Begin trial phase 1
10. Submit trial data for review
11. Wait for FDA to review data
12. Repeat steps 7-11 up to 6 times
13. Get FDA approval
14. Market drug
15. Patient gets drug/treatment
Total time: 4-10 years