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Ogretmen's group has already filed a patent for this discovery, underscoring its potential as a new class of therapy.

But like all drugmakers regularly dealing with patent expirations, J&J has turned to a mix of in-house development and acquisitions to refill its offerings.

Patrick Smith said his AI cybersecurity company, Zally, needed “a hell of a lot of money” for initial R&D and patent filing, which he said would be impossible to raise in Europe.

The stock is basically trading like a distressed equity when the risk factors are similar to other large-cap pharma companies—namely, loss of patent protection, drug pricing issues, and such.

But it has finally responded favorably, to a 100% tariff on brand name and patented drugs.