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Figure 1: Indexed number of active substances entering each phase of development from 2001 to 2009.
Figure 2: Probability of success to market from key milestones.
Figure 3: Changes in the percentage of lead projects in each development phase between 2001 and 2010 by asset origin.
Figure 4: R&D budgets in 2010 for top spenders.
Figure 5: Changes in therapeutic area focus from 2001 to 2010, for new drugs in all stages from Phase I trials to submission.

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  1. John Arrowsmith is a scientific director at Thomson Reuters, 77 Hatton Garden, London EC1N 8JS, UK. john.arrowsmith@thomsonreuters.com,

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Arrowsmith, J. A decade of change. Nat Rev Drug Discov 11, 17–18 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrd3630

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