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Cost of developing new drugs may be lower than industry claims: trial

(www.theguardian.com)
275 points swores | 1 comments | 25 Apr 24 12:25 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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lr4444lr ◴[26 Apr 24 20:42 UTC] No.40174042[source]▶
I'm not clear from the article whether this also accounts for recouping the cost of _failed_ drugs.
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1. Lendal ◴[26 Apr 24 20:49 UTC] No.40174110[source]▶
Good point. Yep it sure would be nice if every drug worked out, every project was wildly successful, every new hire was a wonder-kid, every investment only went up and to the right. That would make all the math so much easier wouldn't it?