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Table 4 Out-of-pocket and capitalized costs per approved drug for NMEs only

From: Estimating the clinical cost of drug development for orphan versus non-orphan drugs

Drug Type

Phase

Expected out-of-pocket clinical costs (in millions 2013 USD)

Out-of-pocket clinical cost per approved drug (in millions 2013 USD)

Capitalized expected clinical costs (in millions 2013 USD)

Capitalized clinical cost per approved drug (in millions 2013 USD)

Non-orphan

1

$2.81

$340.30

$5.16

$488.88

2

$7.00

$11.11

3

$25.75

$34.82

Total

$35.56

$51.09

Orphan

1

$4.27

$137.12

$9.61

$242.46

2

$20.86

$39.87

3

$20.02

$30.35

Total

$45.15

$79.83

  1. NME = New Molecular Entity