BIO Report: Attrition Higher For Novel Pain Candidates Than In Other Diseases, Funding Lacking
Executive Summary
A new report released during the BIO CEO conference shows novel pain therapy candidates face a high failure rate, which may help explain why smaller, privately held biotechs aren't very active in the space.
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