Sovaldi Aside, Declining Economic Returns On New Drugs Threaten Innovation – Study
Executive Summary
Lifetime total costs exceeded expected revenues for novel products launched from 2005-2009, according to a paper published in Health Affairs. Focusing solely on recent successful launches like Gilead’s hepatitis C drug ignores the commercial fate of other once-promising drugs that turned out to be “dogs,” MIT researcher says.
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