Aakash Desai, Assistant Professor at O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center at UAB, shared on LinkedIn:

“Exploring R and D Efficiency in pharma, as highlighted in Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, very interesting analysis of R and D.

• Median Cost per Approval:$2.8B, with a range from $1.7B to $6.9B
• Median Net Present Value (NPV) per Approval: $5.4B, spanning from $2.4B to a high of $20.4B
• Key to Success: Emphasis on blockbuster products
• Productivity Ratios: Show significant variability from 0.5 to 8.0.

Discover more about how these factors drive R and D productivity.”

Source: Aakash Desai/LinkedIn