Regulatory Risk and Business Development: Type 2 Diabetes Falls Out of Favor

If you think this is a bad time to try to get a loan, try selling a type 2 diabetes research project to a Big Pharma company. Diabetes, simultaneously one of the largest yet most under-treated prescription drug markets in the world, is suddenly out of favor with Big Pharma business development executives. And the reason isn't hard to spot: the belief that regulatory hurdles have fundamentally changed the business case for drug development in the category.

Michael McCaughan

If you think this is a bad time to try to get a loan, try selling a type 2 diabetes...

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