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Figure 1: Probability of success from Investigational New Drug approval to marketing approval in different studies.
Figure 2: Probability of success in each of the clinical phases and at submission.
Figure 3: Why in-licensed compounds can have a higher rate of success than self-originated compounds.

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Lou, K., Rond, M. The 'not invented here' myth. Nat Rev Drug Discov 5, 451–452 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrd2063

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