Tuesday, August 17, 2010

How long does it take before a new drug gets approved?

including research, preclinical studies, clinical trials, etc..

How long does it take before a new drug gets approved?
A completely new pharmaceutical can usually take 5-10 years in R+D phase and approximately another 5 (at least) in clinical trials. The cost for a pharma company to bring a completely new drug to market is approximately $500,000,000.00.


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