R&D does not lead to profit. Scientists do not add value to Pharmaceutical companies and they won't be invited back!
Crime on the other hand...
The investment by AstraZeneca in scientists and their laboratories did not pay off. The whole point of this blog is to make the claim that what has taken place throughout the entire industry has largely been a cargo cult science. The scientists and their laboratories have been employing real science, such as the cloning of genes, expressing of proteins, and demonstrating various qualities of the products. But careerism takes over and the science quickly turns cargo cult. As Feynman would say:
they follow all the apparent precepts and forms of scientific investigation, but they're missing something essential. Now it behooves me, of course, to tell you what they're missing. But it would be just about as difficult to explain to the South Sea Islanders how they have to arrange things so that they get some
wealth in their system.
How do you arrange the good science and technology to get some wealth into the system? AstraZeneca is not giving up on science, just their scientists. Someone else can now do the early stage research and AstraZeneca will take over at a later stage. Their businessmen will make the decisions as to what is good science and they will invest accordingly. The gamble now is whether or not the businessmen will make the right decisions. On the surface it seems reasonable. The expensive laboratories will cease to exist and the entire world of science becomes an open field to explore. Small biotech companies can present their work to the AstraZeneca businessmen and those who are at the proper stage of development will be partnered up. The businessmen know how to arrange partnerships. They know how to attend meetings. Do they know how to spot a scientific endeavor that has wealth built into the system?
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