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Talleen and Aadarsh begin development
Aadarsh is doing well – he has created and tested the first version of his app on neighbours, friends and family and he shows the results to a doctor friend who compares with other reports and finds they are very similar. He applies for a patent in India. He asks his brother to do the same but his brother is reluctant because he is busy with his pre-clinical trials and working out how to combine the substances into the correct pill composition. Aadarsh gets patent and with further good results, he researches next steps and goes to Delhi to have a meeting with the regulatory advisers. Aadarsh gets regulatory approval for his app and pre-orders are 100 times more than expected. Two, three years pass. Talleen starts a clinical trial application after a local hospital has a large outbreak of chronic diarrhoea following the collapse of part of the local sewage system and the repairs being delayed. He has to increase his loan to produce the pill but then has to stop because he runs out of money to develop the pill.