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Chapter 1: The Tolerization Time

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1.1 – The Silent Failure of Biologics

Biologic drugs have revolutionized treatment for diseases
that once had little hope—rheumatoid arthritis, multiple
sclerosis, Crohn’s disease, rare genetic disorders, and
dozens of aggressive cancers. And yet, quietly and
persistently, they fail. Not because they weren’t designed
well. Not because the diagnosis was wrong. But because
the patient’s immune system has turned on the drug itself.

This failure rarely makes headlines. It doesn’t create front-
page scandals. It’s gradual, quiet, and coded in medical
euphemism: “loss of efficacy,” “secondary nonresponse,”
“inhibitor development.” But behind those terms is a life-
altering disruption for the patient—and a multi-billion-
dollar inefficiency for healthcare systems globally.

Pharma promises silver bullets and flaunts clinical success
stories but disregard the fact that they only tell a narrative
spanning a few months. It’s not enough to ask if a drug
works—we must ask how long it works, and how
sustainably.

Tolerization turns cutting-edge biologics into high-cost,
short-term solutions. And in a healthcare system already
buckling under price inflation, waste, and inefficiency,
that’s not just unsustainable—it’s indefensible.

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