Industry Notes / Pharma / Chapter 19 of 20 · Timeline
Tech line: from dye works to platform firms
Paradigm shifts decide who still eats the next profit pool
- Dye / API worksEuropean origin: chemical spillover into drugs
- Small-molecule golden ageUS catches up; profit pool anchors on commercial insurance
- Biologics waveAntibodies and recombinant proteins rewrite valuation
- Platforms & AIADC, bispecifics, cell/gene, AI discovery—shovel sellers steadier
- 2026 signal~$100 bn-class stakes into in vivo CAR-T; China posts some global FIH proofs
Pharma history is five paradigm shifts, not endless price rises. Capital is now staking autoimmune in vivo CAR-T/TCE and next-gen ADCs; China leads some non-viral first-in-human proofs—with still-tiny evidence.
Source:调研正文第 6–8 章产业史与平台技术代际
Research notes, not investment advice.