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		mtdewcmu on Oct 26, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: What are you working on and why is it cool... Great cause. Why is industry not interested in developing 9-deoxysibiromycin as a drug?

dnautics on Oct 26, 2013 [–]

unpatentable. Check the date:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22390171

Also the mechanism of action is baroque (although the compound class has fewer side effects), standard pharma is mostly interested in flashy new types of anticancer mechanisms.

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