Posted by notfred on July 28, 2006, at 12:41:25
In reply to Re: prize suggestion » notfred, posted by pseudoname on July 28, 2006, at 8:17:56
> (BTW, did you actually read the page you linked to? The point of that draft essay was to call in question the .5-to-1-billion figure you cite. The data given there show that my ten million dollars actually *would be* enough to do a heck of a lot of drug researchYou said:
Maybe we could set up a prize of 10 million bucks for the first team that can effectively remit TRD with a safe, patent-free treatment.
Take a look around on R & D costs, they are at least in the 100M's range. I do not think a new TRD treatment will come out of existing meds/treatments. It will take a totally new med that is not just another version of what we have today. 10M will not begin to touch the costs to bring this med to the point where it can be used on people. Saying "no patent" assures this will never happen.
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