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Fresh from the biotech pipeline—2013

Despite an overall dip in FDA approvals of new chemical and biologic entities, 2013 wasn't a bad year for innovator drugs. Jim Kling reports.

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Figure 2: Time to market for agents with breakthrough drug designation compared with a recently approved agent (Kryprolis) without breakthrough status designation.

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Kling, J. Fresh from the biotech pipeline—2013. Nat Biotechnol 32, 121–124 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt.2811

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