Organs On Chips: The Silver Bullet Pharma Is Priming To Fire

In this two-part series, In Vivo will explore why organ on chip technology exists, the factors driving and limiting their application in drug development, and how companies can benefit from using them.    

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The cost of developing and taking a new drug to market can range from a hair under a billion to almost $3bn, with a study from the London School of Economics giving an average of $1.3bn.

It also takes typically between 10 and 15 years. Imjudo (tremelimumab-actl) for example, was approved in October 2022 after nearly...

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