Why do drugs take so long to get to your Pharmacy? With Harald Duell

Monday, June 13 at 7:00pm

Michael P. Coords Activity Room

No registration required

With healthcare a hotly debated topic in the current Presidential debates, this program could not be timelier. Why does it take so long for new drugs – many of which might be life saving – to become available? Is the process of bringing new drugs to the pharmacy responsible for the ever-increasing pricing of prescription medications? Join Harald Duell for this look at some of the reasons behind the high cost of developing new drugs, and for a brief history of the FDA and reasons for its existence. You’ll learn what an IND is and why it takes three phases of tests and reviews to get a new drug into the pharmacy. Duell will trace the history of a drug (available for a decade now) for cancer treatment, which began its long journey to become a drug in the early 80s and focus on a new compound for chronic pain that has barely begun the process, and the hopes for it to become a drug by 2021. Duell will discuss the two specific drugs and why it takes 10 to 20 years and endless millions to bring them to pharmacy.

Larchmont Public Library

121 Larchmont Avenue

Larchmont, NY 10538

914-834-2281