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by d4l3k 2775 days ago
It still wouldn't get the drug to the people who need it. Most of the cost involved is in getting it approved by the authorities for human use.

There's nothing stopping people from manufacturing the drug for personal use, other than that it's likely extremely hard to make.

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In this case it's already been approved for human use. So that's a non issue. But yes, I'm sure that is a hurdle for plenty of other pharmaceutical research