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by pasttense01 334 days ago
If you ask: out of all the studies which have done well in mice what percent lead to successful drugs for humans: the answer is a very small percent.
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This is the nature of research pipelines. If you ask: out of all the clinical trials that have shown promise in early human trials, what percent lead to successful drugs for humans: the answer is a very small percent.