Reply to post: no natural compounds please.

Why does herbal cough syrup work so well? It may be full of morphine

phil dude
Joke

no natural compounds please.

We only want molecules that can be patented, then sold on at huge mark ups....

Just remember kids, almost* every approved pharmaceutical is the worst pseudo-functional copy of the natural molecule that does the job.

I should get T-shirts made...

P.

*there are actual biologicals (antibodies, enzymes, modified cells) that are really expensive and made of the real biomolecule. But their expense means that a cheaper chemical made version nearly always gets chosen first. And non-human copies are cheaper too...

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