R&D Collaboration Models from the Viewpoint of a Pharmaceutical Company

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Gottwald M | Huwe C

R&D Collaboration Models from the Viewpoint of a Pharmaceutical Company / Gottwald und Huwe • R&D Collaboration Models · Gottwald M, Huwe C · Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals, Berlin, Germany
Despite huge investments and increasing budgets for pharmaceutical R&D the number of new NMEs (New Molecular Entities) per year had decreased over the last decades and only recently has stabilized to some degree. In addition, the attrition rate over the 12 year long development period of new medicines is still on an unsatisfyingly low level [ 1 ]. Among the reasons are the limited knowledge about the molecular basics of most diseases and missing or insufficiently validated predictive tools for drug safety and efficacy. In parallel the overall healthcare environment has become more and more challenging. Healthcare is still seen ...