The drug industry may be going through lean times, as new candidates have to clear ever-higher safety hurdles. But this gives scientists who can steer a drug through clinical trials a head start in the job market, says Hannah Hoag.
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Hannah Hoag is a freelance writer based in Montreal, Canada.
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Hoag, H. Trial blazers. Nature 442, 480–481 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/nj7101-480a
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