Peter Attia· MD
on average it's about a decade and a billion dollars to create a new drug
The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
on average it's about a decade and a billion dollars to create a new drug
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it was about 1 billion dollars to do what you described to go from an IND to a phase 3 approval cost of billion dollars
the rule of thumb is one decade and one billion dollars for a drug to go from IND to FDA approval