“A new drug takes some 10 to 20 years and around US$1 billion to US$2 billion to develop.”

— Li Chia-wei

Li Chia-wei (2020) cited in " WUHAN VIRUS/Use of HIV medication to be investigated as coronavirus treatment https://focustaiwan.tw/sci-tech/202002050004" on Focus Taiwan, 5 February 2020.

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