The cancer research that pharmaceutical companies won't fund

Dr Fiona Simpson and her team are at the clinical trial stage of developing a promising new way to treat certain cancers. The only problem is it is based on dosages of a cheap, readily available drug that is no longer under patent. She says pharmaceutical companies don’t want to pursue it because they won’t be able to make money from it. This is Dr Simpson’s powerful, personal story about the business of cancer research.

Recorded as part of a live Ockham's Razor event at the World Science Festival 2018 in Brisbane. Subscribe to the Ockham's Razor podcast for talks from the world's best science minds.

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