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ArticleNAM journal2026

Six decades of evidence: biological factors predominate among reported reasons for clinical drug failure:

Dilyana Filipova, Leyla Fox, Matthias Gossmann, Kathrin Herrmann, Andrew Knight, Bettina Lickiss, Christian Maass, Gaby Neumann, Merel Ritskes-Hoitinga, Tamara Zietek

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Article in NAM journal, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Dilyana FilipovaDoctors Against Animal Experiments (DAAE), Lustheide 85, 51427 Bergisch Gladbach, Germany.
Leyla FoxDoctors Against Animal Experiments (DAAE), Lustheide 85, 51427 Bergisch Gladbach, Germany.
Matthias GossmanninnoVitro GmbH, Artilleriestr. 2, 52428 Jülich Jülich, Germany.
Kathrin HerrmannCenter for Alternatives to Animal Testing (CAAT), Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N. Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
Andrew KnightSchool of Veterinary Medicine, College of Environmental and Life Sciences, Murdoch University, Perth, 90 South St, Murdoch WA 6150, Australia.
Bettina LickissinnoVitro GmbH, Artilleriestr. 2, 52428 Jülich Jülich, Germany.
Christian MaassESQlabs GmbH, MPSlabs, 26683 Saterland, Germany.
Gaby NeumannDoctors Against Animal Experiments (DAAE), Lustheide 85, 51427 Bergisch Gladbach, Germany.
Merel Ritskes-HoitingaFaculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, Heidelberglaan 8, 3584 CS Utrecht, Netherlands.
Tamara ZietekDoctors Against Animal Experiments (DAAE), Lustheide 85, 51427 Bergisch Gladbach, Germany.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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PMID42835622
PMCPMC13635514

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