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by sarthakjshetty 2218 days ago
Mostly experimental drugs and their histories. Given the pandemic, I'm reading a bit about drugs like Remsdevir. Bloomberg put out this great longform article [1] on how Gilead had the foresight to actually ramp up Remsdevir production when the inital reports broke out of Wuhan.

Also, historically how drugs went through clinical trials, experimentation, production etc. The anti-HIV drug AZT is well documented, and there's a great article here [2] by TIME if you're interested.

[1] - https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2020-gilead-remdesivir-co...

[2] - https://time.com/4705809/first-aids-drug-azt/