This [ snake venom ] opened up a completely new class of medication. Zoltan Takacs More Quotes by Zoltan Takacs More Quotes From Zoltan Takacs It takes seven to 25 years to develop a drug once you identify a toxin, people are always going to get sick, so you need new cures... snakes and other creatures can give you this life-saving medicine, Bryan Fry says. Zoltan Takacs health-news For the main types of heart attack [ in the United States ], there are three drugs and two come from snake venom. Zoltan Takacs health-news Venoms have evolved to immobilize or kill... They target vital bodily functions. Zoltan Takacs health-news They target the right molecules within the human body in order to cure a disease... this makes them ideal drug leads. Zoltan Takacs health-news