It's so easy to bypass the "but it's off-patent and therefore not profitable"
A) homochiral enantiomers
B) analogues
C) cocktails
"Our formulation of Norivermectin plus Foobarmanolib is 10% more effective and has 3.5% fewer incidence of side effects. The small increase in effectiveness is projected to decrease hospital stays by 4.5 h, leading to 2 million lives potentially saved."
Boom, profitable, patentable COVID cure. Doctors could still prescribe plain ivermectin off-label but would be incentivized by pharma reps to sell name brand.
Norivermectin and Foobarmanolib are hypothetical, of course. But the trick is real, see escitalopram, armodafinil, aripiprazole + antidepressants, etc.
A) homochiral enantiomers
B) analogues
C) cocktails
"Our formulation of Norivermectin plus Foobarmanolib is 10% more effective and has 3.5% fewer incidence of side effects. The small increase in effectiveness is projected to decrease hospital stays by 4.5 h, leading to 2 million lives potentially saved."
Boom, profitable, patentable COVID cure. Doctors could still prescribe plain ivermectin off-label but would be incentivized by pharma reps to sell name brand.
Norivermectin and Foobarmanolib are hypothetical, of course. But the trick is real, see escitalopram, armodafinil, aripiprazole + antidepressants, etc.