Garage Conversations with Char

Making Medicine

Episode Summary

Interested in how medicines are developed and what it takes to get them to patients that need them, curious to know how long it takes to develop a new medicine or wonder why prescription medicines cost so much. Listen to this informative podcast that includes guests that actually work in the pharmaceutical industry to gain some insight and better understand what it takes to get medicines to patients.

Episode Notes

References

• Policy & Medicine: "A Tough Road: Cost to Develop One New Drug is $2.6 Billion, Approval Rate for Drugs Entering Clinical Development is Less than 12%"
• The Atlantic: "Big Pharma’s Go-To Defense of Soaring Drug Prices Doesn’t Add Up"
• MedicineNet: "Why Drugs Costs So Much"
• Biopharma Dive: "New Estimate Puts Cost to Develop A New Drug at $1B, Adding to Long Running Debate"
• Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee
• FDA: Development & Approval Process
• Phrma Org: "Biopharmaceutical Research & Development"
• CMU Alumni Association Video: COVID-19, mRNA and the Future of Vaccines
• International Coalition of Medicines Regulatory Authorities (ICMRA)
• The International Council for Harmonization of Technical Requirements for Pharmaceuticals for Human Use (ICH)
• Chemistry, Manufacturing Controls (CMC) in an Investigational New Drug (IND) YouTube Video by the FDA