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by anewone 2848 days ago
While that was my first thought on reading the headline, consider this scenario:

Man makes a drug to help people in pain. Turns out this comes with some nasty side effects. Feeling guilty, he works on a way to help undo what he made.

Not that I believe this was the case, but this is a damned-if-you-do-damned-if-you-don't situation.