Gertrude Elion, Nobel Prize winner in Physiology or Medicine (1988), transformed the way we develop drugs. While her discoveries—drugs for leukemia, herpes, and immunosuppression—were groundbreaking, her greatest contribution was revolutionising the drug development...
Despite decades of scientific breakthroughs, the pharmaceutical industry faces a sobering reality: nine out of ten drugs that enter clinical trials never make it to patients. This staggering failure rate, combined with costs exceeding $1-2 billion and timelines...