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. 2020 Feb 19;2:23. Originally published 2018 Apr 26. [Version 3] doi: 10.12688/gatesopenres.12817.3

Table 2. Assumptions on costs, attrition rates, and cycle times per phase used in the P2I v.2 model.

Archetype Cost per phase ($, millions) Length of phase (years) Probability of success (%)
Preclinical Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3 Preclinical Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3 Preclinical Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3
Simple vaccine 6.7 2.2 13.2 201.0 3.4 1.6 2.2 2.3 41.0 68.0 46.0 71.0
Complex
vaccine
16.6 2.5 13.9 223.0 3.3 2.0 3.7 3.5 41.0 50.0 22.0 64.0
Unprecedented
vaccine
16.6 2.5 13.9 223.0 3.3 2.0 3.7 3.5 41.0 50.0 5.0 40.0
Simple NCE 5.0 2.2 5.8 32.8 2.5 1.8 3.4 3.2 65.0 60.0 39.0 69.0
Simple NCE
for TB
5.0 2.2 5.8 32.8 2.5 1.8 3.4 3.2 65.0 60.0 39.0 50.0
Complex NCE 10.0 7.4 6.4 36.1 2.9 1.9 3.5 2.8 55.0 57.0 20.0 40.0
Simple
repurposed
drug
5.0 2.2 5.8 17.6 2.3 1.6 2.1 2.1 75.0 59.0 46.0 68.0
Complex
repurposed
drug
5.0 2.2 5.8 17.6 2.3 1.6 2.1 2.1 75.0 59.0 46.0 68.0
Simple biologic 6.7 2.2 13.2 122.0 3.4 1.6 2.2 3.1 41.0 68.0 46.0 70.0
Simple biologic
for TB
6.7 2.2 13.2 122.0 3.4 1.6 2.2 3.1 41.0 68.0 46.0 55.0
Complex
biologic
16.6 2.5 13.9 126.0 3.3 2.0 3.7 2.8 41.0 50.0 22.0 40.0
Concept
and
Research
Feasibility
and
Planning
Design and
Development
Clinical
Validation
and Launch
Readiness
Concept
and
Research
Feasibility
and
Planning
Design and
Development
Clinical
Validation
and
Launch
Readiness
Concept
and
Research
Feasibility
and
Planning
Design and
Development
Clinical
Validation
and
Launch
Readiness
Diagnostic,
assay
development
1.5 1.5 2.0 3.5 0.5 0.5 2.0 1.3 71 71 100 100
Diagnostic,
simple platform
development
1.5 1.5 100.0 3.5 0.5 0.5 2.5 2.0 71 71 75 100
Other products 1.2 1.2 1.1 2.6 0.5 0.5 1.0 1.0 87 87 95 80
Sources of data:
P2I model assumptions McKinsey RAP Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation