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Comment by axg11

3 years ago

That is only true because of our current tools and capabilities. With improved manufacturing techniques and AlphaFold++ I think biologics will dominate. Even still, there are ~2000 approved biologics [0].

[0] - https://purplebooksearch.fda.gov/advanced-search

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bckr  3 years ago

Yep, proteins are so much more flexible / precise than small molecules. Also we can get the body to produce them. Think mRNA vaccines.

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