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. 2018 Apr 26;2:23. [Version 1] doi: 10.12688/gatesopenres.12817.1

Table 11. Estimated additional costs to launch 18“missing” products.

Disease Archetype Additional number of candidates
needed at preclinical phase
Additional investment needed to achieve
one expected launch ($, millions)
HIV/AIDS Unprecedented
vaccine
125 2844.4
TB Unprecedented
vaccine
169 3845.6
Malaria Unprecedented
vaccine
171 3891.1
Hepatitis C Simple vaccine 6 222.2
Hepatitis C Complex vaccine 30 915.6
Multiple diarrheal
diseases
Simple vaccine 11 406.6
Multiple diarrheal
diseases
Complex vaccine 35 1057.4
TB Complex NCE 27 495.0
12 NTDs * Simple NCE 101 1851.6
12 NTDs * Complex NCE 478 8762.9

*These diseases are Buruli ulcer, Chagas disease, dengue, hookworm, leishmaniasis, leprosy, lymphatic filariasis, onchocerciasis, schistosomiasis, trachoma, sleeping sickness and trichuriasis