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SUBMITTER: McNamee LM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5421779 | biostudies-literature | 2017
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
PloS one 20170508 5
While timelines for clinical development have been extensively studied, there is little data on the broader path from initiation of research on novel drug targets, to approval of drugs based on this research. We examined timelines of translational science for 138 drugs and biologicals approved by the FDA from 2010-2014 using an analytical model of technology maturation. Research on targets for 102 products exhibited a characteristic (S-curve) maturation pattern with exponential growth between st ...[more]