Toby Believe me I don’t want to spend five weeks on a trial that gets discredited. Why we’re developing new gens in the first place. Dr James Because the old ones have been discredited. Toby They haven’t been discredited, the studies that discredited our original trials have themselves been discredited now. Dr James In new studies by you.
-- Toby and Dr James ( )

Importance: This exchange highlights the tension between scientific progress and ethical responsibility. Toby’s insistence that the trial must succeed, regardless of its legitimacy, reveals the profit-driven motives of the pharmaceutical industry, where the push for new products often overrides the consideration of long-term consequences. Dr. James’s retort emphasizes the cyclical nature of pharmaceutical development—where past mistakes are conveniently erased to make way for the next “innovation.” This conversation underscores the theme of institutional power, as the characters debate whether their work is genuinely advancing knowledge or simply...