# Why are drugs so hard to make and take so long to come out on the market?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [September 17, 2014, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-drugs-so-hard-to-make-and-take-so-long-to-come-out-on-the-market/698700 "2014-09-17T01:37:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2014, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-drugs-so-hard-to-make-and-take-so-long-to-come-out-on-the-market/698700/81 "2014-10-19T08:26:25Z")

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> [@sweat209](#):
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> Speaking of wizards , I wonder how ready the US is for new epidemic some thing like Polio ,Smallpox or Spanish flu or Biowarfare.
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> And how long before cure or they could get it under control. One of these days some thing new like this will come along.

There is no such disease as Biowarfare.

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