What Derek Lowe thinks about innovation

@derek-lowe · 16 positions · On ppll ↗

Medicinal chemist. He has worked on preclinical drug discovery in the pharmaceutical industry since 1989, across several companies and therapeutic areas, and has written the drug-discovery blog 'In the Pipeline' since 2002 - the longest-running blog in the field, editorially independent and hosted by Science.

Derek Lowe did not write this page.

We collected these quotes from things they published elsewhere, and every quote links to where it was said. They have no account here and have not endorsed this site. Quotes are word for word; the short line under each one is our own restatement, not their wording. Their own site. Is this you? Claim it or ask us to remove it. Or tell us what is wrong here.

Filter innovation · Newest first

Topic

All 16AI and science 11innovation 2documentation 1humility 1metascience 1protein structure prediction 1

Sort

NewestOldest

Only Derek Lowe on innovation. See everyone on innovation

2 dated positions, 2012, in their own words. Our reading of what Derek Lowe has said — not written or endorsed by them.

2 positions so far — this page is not yet offered to search engines.

1. 8 Mar 2012

   Our readingDrug research is heading, at speed, for a world in which fewer and fewer useful medicines are discovered while more and more people want them.

   Their wordsWe are heading, at speed, for a world in which fewer and fewer useful medicines are discovered, while more and more people want them.

   ↗Eroom's Lawweb.archive.org 1st of 2 in this piece

3. 8 Mar 2012

   Our readingEvery new drug has to beat the cheap generics that came before it, and that competition with our own back catalogue is why drug discovery gets harder over time.

   Their wordsI think that this is insufficiently appreciated outside of the drug business. Nothing goes away unless it's well and truly superseded.

   ↗Eroom's Lawweb.archive.org 2nd of 2 in this piece