Filme ''Spider Man'': ''back to formula''

Qual é a tradução de "back to formula"?

Dr. Stromm? Dr. Stromm: We need to take the whole line back to formula. Norman Osborn: Back to formula?
General Slocum: Dr. Osborn. I'm going to be frank with you. I never supported your program. We have my predecessor to thank for that.

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It means that something wasn't so perfect, some adjustments to make. Having to be almost back to scratch, reworking the (entire chemical) composition. So, it would take a very long time...

By analogy, we can compare it to the "back to the drawing board" (where someobody has to start a project all over again.)