Archive - Alex Kesin's Pharmacopoeia

The Day Novartis Chose Discovery

How a Swiss pharma giant built the last great corporate research skunkworks - and why that model may never work again.

Aug 5 •

July 2025

The Iran thing canceled my June trip, which was fine because I’d been drilling Hebrew conjugations since January anyway, rolling those impossible…

Jul 25 •

June 2025

May 2025

April 2025

The Pageant of Responsible Longevity

On the quiet horror of healthspan science and its desperate decorum

Apr 26 •

Monologues for Molecules

A not-so-casual reminder that your molecule isn’t a molecule—it’s a movie pitch.

Apr 21 •

Charles River Is In Trouble

Their moat is made of dead animals – but now the rats are leaving. Can Charles River take the hit?

Apr 16 •

What Skiing Really Means in San Francisco

[leans in, lowers voice to a conspiratorial whisper]

Apr 13 •

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