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Stockwatch: Some Failed Drugs Never Die, They Just Find New Investors

Cytokinetics and Synairgen Are Cases In Point

 
• By Andy Smith

Drugs that have failed in clinical studies often come back for another go, making the same mistakes for a new cohort of investors who missed the first failure. The global pandemic is also enabling this for once- or twice-failed drugs.

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ANDY SMITH OFFERS A LIFE SCIENCE INVESTOR'S PERSPECTIVE ON BIOPHARMA BUSINESS

As the life science sector prepares to live up to the expectations that it will save the world from the coronavirus pandemic, it is worth considering why some of the drugs being studied didn’t work the first time in their lead indication. Sometimes, a failure is just a failure.

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