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Table 5 Summary of results of the Monte Carlo simulation for the Rett syndrome case using a discount rate of \(r=11\%\)

From: Financing repurposed drugs for rare diseases: a case study of Unravel Biosciences

  

Monte Carlo simulation

 

 Expected rNPV after each phase

Average rNPV

Standard deviation of rNPV

Upper bound on the rNPV

Discovery, preclinical development, and phase 1

46.9

37.40

25.32

138.80

Phase 2

148.0

135.62

55.47

374.56

Phase 3

339.2

334.72

91.10

716.11

FDA submission-to-launch

455.7

450.36

107.57

900.73

Overall

23.3

17.52

15.34

80.06

  1. All \(\text{rNPV}\)s are expressed in millions of dollars