What's Behind Japan Firms' Higher Approval Rates In Challenging Oncology, CNS Areas?

Alliances Play A Key Role

Despite a global tendency for lower than average success rates from Phase I to approval in the challenging oncology and CNS areas, a recent Citeline study finds top Japanese pharma firms have relatively high rates in these two categories in the US. So what are the factors driving those differences?

In the US market, top 11 Japanese pharmaceutical firms have shown high LOA compared to benchmarks.
Top Japanese pharma firms show relatively high US LOAs • Source: Shutterstock

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