A Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development White Paper

May 5, 2015

Biopharmaceutical drug development has been experiencing one of its most productive periods in recent history. During the past decade, the total number of new chemical and biologic entities in the R&D pipeline has been rising 6% each year and now exceeds 10,000 active drug candidates targeting unmet and under-served medical needs.

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