Better, Cheaper Prescription Drugs Are on the Horizon
The Editors at Bloomberg on pharmaceutical manufacturing innovations and the need for regulatory support and incentives.
According to the the opinion piece, "One 800-square-foot laboratory at Rutgers University in central New Jersey is equipped to make more than 1 billion prescription pills a year. Its manufacturing process is faster, cheaper and more precise than traditional methods, potentially reducing reliance on factories abroad. The technology also can be used to make drugs currently in shortage, including cancer treatments. Why, then, isn’t this major manufacturing innovation more widespread?"