Improving Trial Success by Improving Tumor Assessment
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The situation is even more devastating in oncology. Not only is the attrition rate higher (nearly 60 percent of oncology drugs fail in Phase III2), but the stakes are also higher. Lives depend upon the success of anti-cancer therapies, and the industry is particularly heavily invested in this therapeutic area. Currently, nearly 1,000 new cancer drugs are in development3, and R&D companies are facing enormous levels of risk in attempting to bring them to market.
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