Monday, January 01, 2007

Drug R&D - The Costly Formula

It costs $800 mn on an average to make a new drug to market.
Five of every 5000 compounds are tested on humans.
One out five drugs that enters trial makes it to the market.
It takes 12 years on an average for a drug to reach the market.

Source: BW25Dec2006.

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