Question: Do you think one day you will uncover new medicines for serious diseases?

Lori-An Etherington answered on 15 Jun 2010:

I think the possibility that I might be involved in helping to develop a drug that made it into clinical practice is what I find so exciting about my job. There are many people who are involved in each step of the drug discovery process and it takes many years for any drug to go through the required development pathway so I would never personally uncover a new medicine, it would be the result of a large team working in different areas for the drug company.