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Jeannette and all: According to the Pharmaceutical Manufacturers of America (PhRMA), "Only one out of 5,000 new chemical compoiunds discovered n the laboratory ever makes it to market as a new drug. It now takes 12-15 years on average from discovery of a new compound to approval of the new drug, up from 8.1 years in the 1960s. The cost of developing a new drug likewise has risen to an average of more than $500 million from $54 million in the 1970s." There are a lot of variations within these averages, naturally, including the relative times spent on the various phases of the process: lab testing, animal testing, testing on well humans, testing on patients. Re the Las Vegas and Los Angeles meetings, you can bet that nearly every basic and/or clinical research facility will be heavily represented: certainly the Parkinson's Institute will be there in force. At 09:17 AM 9/4/98 -0500, you wrote: >Judith and other list family, does a patent being issued mean anything >re:human trials? How long does it usually take to get from testing on lab >animals to testing on humans? Then how long before approval for human use? > Just wondering on the time line as this sounds like just what pwp might >need. > >I hope some list members or our neurologists or surgeons are sending >someone from their facilities to the Las Vegas, NV and LA, CA meetings >where these nerve growth studies are being examined and hopefully will be >successfully tested on humans asap. I'm not sure what the odds were of >being diagnosed Parkinsonian but I'm hoping not any better than the odds >are for the cause/cure to be found soon. Maybe pwp can run a casino for a >publicity/ awareness weekend somewhere and we can have odds for the games >linked w/odds for pd diagnosis, odds for # yrs. until pd cure, odds for #$$ >needed for research, odds for #$$$ spent by younger onset pwp until >cure/cause discovered? Anyone on list have ideas about this awareness idea >and where/how it could work? > >Jeanette Fuhr 47/10mo. ><[log in to unmask]> > >---------- > > Carole Cassidy Director of Developmenet and Community Relations The Parkinson's Institute 1170 Morse Avenue Sunnyvale, CA 94089 408-542-5628 direct line 408-734-8522 fax