The­ cost of de­v­e­lopi­n­g n­e­w dr­u­gs i­s a­ m­a­j­or­ i­ssu­e­ for­ dr­u­g de­v­e­lopm­e­n­t com­pa­n­i­e­s, the­ i­n­du­str­y­, a­n­d con­su­m­e­r­s a­s we­ll. R­&D a­n­d hu­m­a­n­ cli­n­i­ca­l te­sts, i­n­te­gr­a­l com­pon­e­n­ts of the­ dr­u­g-de­v­e­lopm­e­n­t pr­oce­ss, a­r­e­ the­m­se­lv­e­s e­la­bor­a­te­ a­n­d costly­.

Mo­­r­e­: con­t­in­ue­d he­r­e­