This is my third collection of biopharma-focused haiku. Enjoy!
Poor Martin Shkreli
Most hated man in pharma
The dude screwed himself
If sent to prison
No chance to jack up drug prices
Or hear Wu-Tang Clan
Theranos movie
Nanotainers won’t be shown
Big business bloodbath
Ms. Holmes messed it up
Broken promises abound
Going under soon?
CRISPR origins
History is disputed
Nobel prize at stake
IPO window
Was open for quite some time
Sadly, closing now
Collaborations
They don’t always work out well
Expectations high
Battle lines now drawn
Big Pharma vs. insurers
Watch patients go broke
Patrick Soon-Shiong
Puts money where his mouth is
Will efforts succeed?
Stupid idea
Pols control drug approvals
Here comes the snake oil
WA state pols timid
Won’t help grow biopharma
Not competitive
Trump and Hillary
One supports lower drug prices
Other builds the wall
Surrogate markers
Widely used in the clinic
Are they trustworthy?
The cancer moonshot
Hype and promises flourish
Expectations raised
Viruses come, go
Now, it’s Zika all the time
Not Chikungunya
Cancer drugs main goal
To kick the can down the road
Cures are really hard
Genome sequencing
Now is very commonplace
Takes just a few cells
Ebola vaccines
Big Pharma steps up efforts
Can’t come soon enough
Sovaldi was good
Harvoni more effective
Epclusa tops both
J&J lawsuits
Risperdal marketing crimes
No shame, big verdicts
Biosimilars
Now on the U.S. market
Will they reduce costs?
GOP makes pledge
Repeal Obamacare soon
Fate of those enrolled?
Hope raised through the roof
Muscular dystrophy boys
Shame drugs did not work
HPV virus
Causes dangerous cancers
Vaccinate your kids!
Malignant tumor
Bad news delivered badly
Docs must do better
Surprising success
Gene therapy for the eye
Many thought field dead
Subject: drug pricing
Political football now
Prices will not drop