Drug Programs
topic on 2 shows · 3 statements across 2 episodes
3 statements about Drug Programs, every show
Koller: 95% of all drug discovery programs fail
“If you look at the actual numbers of what makes drug discovery so expensive, it is the fact that 95% of drug programs fail. They just do not succeed.”
Koller: Most drug failures stem from wrong target selection, not trial design
“It's a place where most programs fail is because we're just not modulating the right thing. It's the wrong target in the wrong indication or the wrong patient population.”
Large pharma incentives encourage researchers to push failing programs to completion
“If you're in a large pharma, and you're just in one area, your goal is to push your programs to the end, even if it's not going to work, ok? And so, countering this kind of incentive is, is, is very important to be successful, because you want to fail fast and…”