Abstract
Gold dimensions of pharmaceutical drug development indicate that it takes on average 11.9 years, with an investment around US$ 0.8 Billion, to launch one product on the market. Furthermore, approximately 22% of the drug candidates successfully complete clinical testing. These universally acknowledged proportions largely originate from one single, much cited publication: Dimasi et al. [5]. However an additional six articles describing new chemical entities (NCE) development were identified, which contain little, if any, information on vaccines. Published cumulative success rates range from 7% to 78% and investments calculations span US$ 0.8 to 1.7 Billion. Obviously this disserves further clarification? (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 5846-5849 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Vaccine |
Volume | 29 |
Issue number | 35 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2011 |
Research programs
- EMC MM-04-27-01