Pharma R&D Productivity Shows Signs Of Progress
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
It now takes 13 drugs in Phase I to yield one marketed drug, compared to 19 in 2007 to 2011, according to new data from KMR Group.
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