3 August 2008

Animal research has a 92% failure rate. Just 8% of (animal-tested) drugs that enter Phase 1 and 2 trials reach the marketplace and half of products fail in the late stage Phase 3 trials.

* SOURCE:
Former FDA Commissioner Lester M. Crawford, reported in The Scientist, 8/6/04

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3 August 2008 Animal research has a 92% failure rate. Just 8% of (animal-tested) drugs that enter Phase 1 and 2 trials reach the marketplace and half of products fail in the late stage Phase 3 trials.

3 August 2008

Animal research has a 92% failure rate. Just 8% of (animal-tested) drugs that enter Phase 1 and 2 trials reach the marketplace and half of products fail in the late stage Phase 3 trials.