Stability Testing Boosts Drug Quality, Safety, and Efficacy

Stability Testing Boosts Drug Quality, Safety, and Efficacy

Drug discovery is slow, inefficient, and risky. It’s also costly—very costly. The median cost of developing a cancer drug, for example, is about (US)$680 million. Worldwide, the cost of developing a single drug exceeds (US)$2.5 billion.

When pharmaceutical companies invest millions in drug discovery, one thing’s certain: They want their products to retain quality, efficacy, and safety once they enter the marketplace. Stability testing ensures that a drug does so by determining both the shelf-life and the quality of a drug.