&gt;It isn&#x27;t today, but it may be at some point. We tend to underestimate the effects of monumental shifts like we&#x27;ve had in IT. This project represents the first steps in that direction.<p>But what makes pharma expensive and time-consuming is the regulatory process.  Producing drugs is easy - meth dealers do it all the time.  But spending a decade getting your drug through the federal system is expensive, and there&#x27;s no technological shortcut.  I&#x27;ll take more interest when they stop &quot;investigating the feasibility&#x2F;cost of getting this through the FDA&quot; and publish a plan to actually <i>do</i> it.