Related: “Eroom’s Law”[1], coined in this Nature paper: http://www.nature.com/nrd/journal/v11/n3/full/nrd3681.html http://www.nature.com/nrd/journal/v11/n3/full

Related: “Eroom’s Law”[1], coined in this Nature paper: http://www.nature.com/nrd/journal/v11/n3/full/nrd3681.html http://www.nature.com/nrd/journal/v11/n3/full/nrd3681.html which states that the cost of discovering a new drug has been increasing exponentially for 60 years. Obligatory log graph: http://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/04/RD-trend.png http://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/wp-content/uploads/site... Some discussion at the “In The Pipeline” blog: http://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/archives/2012/03/08/erooms_law http://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/archives/2012/03/08/ero... http://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/archives/2012/03/14/the_blackian_demon_of_drug_discovery http://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/archives/2012/03/14/the... http://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/archives/2012/03/12/the_brute_force_bias http://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/archives/2012/03/12/the... [1] You may now groan.