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Deadly Diseases and Their Upcoming Drugs

Diseases that are attracting the most attention

Published: May 15, 2013 06:45:37 AM IST
Updated: May 15, 2013 06:29:56 PM IST

The diameters of the bubbles to the bottom represent the number of drugs in mid-to latestage development for seven important disease categories; their height from the bottom of the page corresponds to those drugs’ projected revenues in 2016. Deadlier diseases are positioned farther to the right. “The total cost of the disease is the driving factor, not just the number of deaths,” says Pratap Khedkar of health care consultancy ZS Associates.

Deadly Diseases and Their Upcoming Drugs


Sources: ZS Associates; World Health Organization; National Heart, Lung And Blood Institute; Centers For Disease Control & Prevention; EvaluatePharma; Adis R&D

 

(This story appears in the 17 May, 2013 issue of Forbes India. To visit our Archives, click here.)

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