• Question: How would you change the way in which drugs are developed, if you could?

    Asked by twinstarz to Darren, Deuan, Duncan, Lori-An, Michelle on 16 Jun 2010 in Categories: .
    • Photo: Michelle Hudson-Shore

      Michelle Hudson-Shore answered on 16 Jun 2010:

      In an ideal world I would find all the alternatives needed so that we didn’t have to use animals to develop and test drugs.

    • Photo: Lori-An Etherington

      Lori-An Etherington answered on 16 Jun 2010:

      If I had a magic wand I would say I would change the development of drugs so that there was no need for the use of animals and the process would be far quicker (currently it takes about 10-12 years for a drug to go through all the stages of development). These changes will probably come about in the future but I think it will take a long time.
      Hope this helps

    • Photo: Darren Nesbeth

      Darren Nesbeth answered on 16 Jun 2010:

      Make it faster and cheaper.

    • Photo: Duncan Hull

      Duncan Hull answered on 16 Jun 2010:

      It would be great if drug development was much faster and cheaper, and ideally with less involvement from large multinational companies – many of whom are having real problems developing enough new drugs to stay profitable. Currently the process is very slow, expensive and takes many years for drugs to reach the market.

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