The odds of successful drug development
Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2004 9:32 am
Interesting information about the odds of getting a drug approved in the US.
"Drug Development: The Current Odds
The August issue of Nature Reviews: Drug Discovery has an alarming article on the attrition rates in drug development. I often get questions about these figures, and it's good to have a fresh look at the data. Among the ten largest pharma companies, in the period 1991-2000, here's the breakdown:
38% of the drugs taken in the the clinic dropped out in Phase I (safety / blood levels.)
60% of those remaining failed in Phase II (basic efficacy.)
40% of the remaining candidates failed in Phase III (big, expensive efficacy.)
And 23% of the ones that made it through the clinic failed to be approved by the FDA.
...that translates to about a 11% success rate from starting in the clinic. "
http://www.corante.com/pipeline/archive ... t_odds.php
"Drug Development: The Current Odds
The August issue of Nature Reviews: Drug Discovery has an alarming article on the attrition rates in drug development. I often get questions about these figures, and it's good to have a fresh look at the data. Among the ten largest pharma companies, in the period 1991-2000, here's the breakdown:
38% of the drugs taken in the the clinic dropped out in Phase I (safety / blood levels.)
60% of those remaining failed in Phase II (basic efficacy.)
40% of the remaining candidates failed in Phase III (big, expensive efficacy.)
And 23% of the ones that made it through the clinic failed to be approved by the FDA.
...that translates to about a 11% success rate from starting in the clinic. "
http://www.corante.com/pipeline/archive ... t_odds.php