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The researcher and the guinea pig

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    36.9°
  • 19 December 2018
  • Dominique Sprumont
    • Droit, UNINE
  • Stewart Cole
    • Sciences de la vie, EPFL
  • Laurent Nicod
    • CHUV
    • Biologie et de médecine, UNIL
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When the pharmaceutical industry neglects unprofitable diseases, independent researchers struggle to develop new drugs.

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