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Table 1 Average phase-by-phase attrition rates and phase-by-phase share: 2000–2009 (00), 2010–2013 (10), for the three institutional types under study (pharmaceutical and biotechnological companies, non-industrial institutions)

From: The endless frontier? The recent increase of R&D productivity in pharmaceuticals

Developer

Attrition rates

Preclinical

Phase I

Phase II

Phase III

Registration

00

10

00

10

00

10

00

10

00

10

Pharmaceutical

86.80

85.16

62.18

58.91

77.74

78.69

64.33

66.40

46.67

32.52

Biotech

90.25

82.17

59.61

54.15

82.20

77.48

78.15

64.14

35.00

22.54

Non-industrial

96.97

97.07

62.37

59.32

90.00

80.19

82.14

81.25

67.65

0

 

Share

Preclinical

Phase I

Phase II

Phase III

Registration

Developer

00

10

00

10

00

10

00

10

00

10

Pharmaceutical

24.16

24.44

43.99

49.15

47.56

48.34

62.26

62.36

76.69

61.19

Biotech

48.60

43.19

44.54

42.51

42.18

44.18

30.55

32.41

16.36

35.32

Non-industrial

27.24

32.37

11.47

8.33

10.26

7.48

7.19

5.24

6.95

3.48