Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 16 May 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills

General Scheme of the Research and Innovation Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed)

Professor Cormac Taylor:

Exactly. In my field it is not seven years; from discovering a drug in the lab to it being in the clinic, if you are one of the one in 10,000 that gets that far over the barriers it is 20 years.