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by arcmechanica 494 days ago
well, pharma companies are screwed. They aren't going to do their own research, so no new drugs
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> They aren’t going to do basic research.

Fixed that for you. Pharma companies do lots research. But the goal of that research is very narrow - to bring new therapies to the market. The Academy has very different goals - train next generation of researchers and make discoveries. IMO, expecting a pharma company to do the work of an academic institution is a recipe for failure. But that is just an opinion.