Drug Safety

V. Key Issues: Population Health >> E. Health Protection >> Drug Safety

Overview

• Assuring Data Quality and Validity in Clinical Trials for Regulatory Decision Making
• FDA Web Links (HealthHippo)
• Drug Regulation Web Links (HealthHippo)
• Vaccine Injury Compensation Issue & Web Links (HealthHippo)

Analysis

• The estimated cost of bringing a new drug to market–including the cost of pharmaceuticals that do not make it to market–was estimated to be $802 million in a 2003 study by the Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development. In a 2010 study that used the same methods, it was found that the cost had risen to more than $1 billion.