Biopharma’s Ever-Changing Landscape

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The pharma industry is vitally important in the research and development of new drugs that have the potential to treat many of the most serious illnesses that threaten the health of people today. Without the testing and continuous research done by these companies, it would be virtually impossible to move forward with new developments in drug therapy. However, there is a down side to the pharma industry. Many times these companies are so busy trying to develop a multitude of different drugs at any given time that there is inevitably a rather large number of drugs that get put on the shelf. If a large pharmaceutical company does not think that a drug can be developed without spending more than the potential income that is likely to result from that drug, it will most likely put it on the shelf rather than continuing to develop it. Unfortunately, the pharmaceutical industry is a business, and if there is not a substantial amount of money to be made, the product is not typically developed.

For this reason, many companies have an array of different drugs that are just sitting there taking up space on a shelf. Many of these drugs have the potential to dramatically improve the health of individuals, but they can’t help anyone if they are not developed. Sadly, the truth is that they likely will not be unless there is strong evidence to support the ability of that drug to bring in a large amount of money. One case in point is the treatment of various types of childhood cancer. Due to the fact that certain cancers only affect a very small percentage of children, there is little money placed on the research of drugs in this area. Large pharmaceutical companies choose to focus on the treatments that they can profit from, as opposed to studying the treatments that have the potential to save the lives of people who are stricken by these diseases.

One way that this is changing is through the advent of biotech startups. The biopharma industry often develops the drugs that were started by the larger companies, but then were discontinued for one reason or another. This is important because the development of these treatments may save the lives of patients who otherwise would have very little chance to live a full life. The process of transferring the development of a drug from a large pharmaceutical company to a smaller biotech startup is fairly simple. The pharmaceutical company sells its patent on a drug that it is no longer developing, thus making money on something that otherwise would simply sit there collecting dust. In turn, the biopharma industry develops the drug as its own and then markets it once drug trials are completed. The biotech company then gets to keep the profits from the sale of the new drug while the patient gets a chance at a brighter future. This process benefits everyone involved.

The existence of biotech startups has changed the way that the medical community operates with regard to the research and development of new medications. The drugs that are developed by these companies have the potential to save the lives of those who would likely die otherwise. At the same time, a profit is made from those drugs by both the large pharmaceutical companies and the smaller biotech startups, making it possible for future drug therapies to be developed.

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