@dansfera: Merck literally threw away the future of medicine, calling it too dangerous. 💊 They had compounds sitting on a shelf, deemed worthless because of their covalent binding approach—a mechanism big pharma was terrified of due to the perceived irreversibility of side effects. But what a corporate giant sees as trash, a visionary sees as an empire. This is the untold story of how discarded science became the foundation for Asserta Pharma, proving that sometimes the biggest risks are the ones everyone else is too afraid to take. #biotech #pharmaceuticals #innovation #startuphustle #sciencehistory