JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association
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Practice Guideline
Diagnosis and Treatment of Adults With Community-Acquired Pneumonia.
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The mean cost of developing a new drug has been the subject of debate, with recent estimates ranging from $314 million to $2.8 billion. ⋯ This study provides an estimate of research and development costs for new therapeutic agents based on publicly available data. Differences from previous studies may reflect the spectrum of products analyzed, the restricted availability of data in the public domain, and differences in underlying assumptions in the cost calculations.