Table 3.
The Increase in the Number of Drug Delivery–Related Clinical Trials Between September 2013 and August 2016
Categories | September 2013a | August 2016 | Net Change (%) |
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I. Drug delivery technology, system, and device | 37,738 | 44,780 | 7042 (18.6%) |
II. Biological molecule platform/technology | 14,104 | 18,456 | 4352 (30.9%) |
III. Drug metabolism and PK-PD interactions | 8060 | 12,897 | 4837 (60.0%) |
Subtotal | 59,902 | 76,133 | 16,231 (27.1%) |
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