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Pharmaceutical innovation by the seven UK‐owned pharmaceutical companies (1964‐1985).

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Prentis, RA, Lis, Y, Walker, SR·1988·British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

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1 A total of three hundred and nineteen new chemical entities (NCEs) were investigated in man for the first time between 1964 and 1985 by seven UK‐owned pharmaceutical companies. The majority (96.2%), were self‐originated by the UK company or one of its overseas subsidiaries. 2 There was an increase in the number of NCEs investigated each year in man, doubling from an average of 12 per year up to 1980, to over 20 per year between 1981 and 1985. The majority of first drug evaluations in human volunteers were carried out in the UK (92.2%), in contrast to evaluation of new medicines in patients, where 42.9% were first tested outside the UK. 3 The majority of NCEs evaluated in man (78%), were in four therapeutic classes: anti‐infectives (32%), anti‐allergics (22%), drugs acting on the central nervous system (13%) and cardiovascular system agents (11%). 4 By the end of 1985, 49 (15.4%) of these NCEs had been marketed in the UK and 198 (62.0%) discontinued from further development. The main reasons for termination were inappropriate pharmacokinetics in man (39.4%), and lack of clinical efficacy (29.3%). 5 Average development times increased from less than 2 years between 1964 and 1965, to around 8 years in the 1980s with a consequent reduction in the effective patent life.

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Authors
Prentis, R., Lis, Y., & Walker, Sr.
Venue
British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology
Publisher
Wiley
Published
1988-03
Volume
25
Issue
3
Pages
387-396
ISSN
  • 0306-5251 (ISSN-L)
  • 1365-2125
OpenAlex
W2117753715
Cited by
471
References
12
Citations by year
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FWCI
8.40
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Locations
  • British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy
  • Life Sciences › Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics › Pharmacology › Pharmaceutical industry and healthcare
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging › Historical Medical Research and Treatments
Keywords
pharmaceutical innovation, new chemical entities, drug development, drug development time, patent life, drug discontinuation, anti-infective agents, antiallergic drugs, central nervous system drugs, cardiovascular drugs
MeSH terms
Chemistry, Pharmaceutical, Drug Industry, United Kingdom, Humans, Research

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