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Managing the health of early-stage discovery

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Figure 1: Success factors.
Figure 2: Average scores for the ten best- and ten worst-performing laboratories: taken from 60 laboratories.

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  1. Michael Edwards, McKinsey & Company, 1 Jermyn St, London, SW1Y 4UH, UK

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Edwards, M., Tramontin, T., Simon, D. et al. Managing the health of early-stage discovery. Nat Rev Drug Discov 10, 171–172 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrd3388

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