Average per-patient clinical trial cost, all drugs (Battelle study for PhRMA)

$36,500

USD per patient, US

“PhRMA recently published a study by Battelle that estimated the average per patient clinical trial cost at $36,500”

Knowledge Ecology International, post of 10 April 2016 citing Table A-1 of a Battelle study for PhRMA, 2016-04

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2026-11-06

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Industry-funded estimate quoted by a critic of the Tufts cost study; the original table is not on this page.