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“The Truly Staggering Cost Of Inventing New Drugs”
Another provocative piece in Forbes that implies the cost of developing a new drug could be as high as $12B!! This approach has a number of flaws (as does: ”Best Drug Companies.. “) All produce (provoke?) some interesting insights from commenters. Funny how … Continue reading
In-progress: NME’s .vs mergers
Note: The following focuses on New Medical Entities (NME’s.) These are defined as the novel, initial member of a chemical family for a drug. The data is derived from the public FDA database on approved drugs for past years. From … Continue reading
Continued laments on R&D performance
Poor performance of Pharma R&D seems to have never left the newsservices or the hearts of all in the industry. It is interesting to see the stories of 2011 echoing back for a decade. Here are some current “news” items … Continue reading
Corante’s “Big Pharma’s Lost Stock Market Decade”
Take a look at the posting and discussions on Derek Lowe’s excellent blog: http://pipeline.corante.com/archives/2010/12/13/big_pharmas_lost_stock_market_decade.php#comments Another version of his chart is here, showing the last two years .vs. Lowe’s decade view. It reveals the same result: the industry has underperformed the … Continue reading
