San Diego Researcher Crowdfunding Patent-Free Cancer Drug
People don't seem to realize how expensive it is to bring a new pharmaceutical drug to market and why this approach won't work.<p>A typical drug will cost between $1bn-$2bn and take about a decade of work by the time it hits the shelves.<p>(<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drug_development" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drug_development</a> has details for those interested)<p>Crowdfunding at those sort of levels just isn't feasible yet.