Why does it take so long for new glaucoma medications to become available?
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On average, it takes 12 years and millions of dollars to get one new medication from a laboratory to the pharmacist’s shelf.
Only five in 5,000 compounds that enter preclinical testing make it to human testing. One of these five tested in people is approved.
Last reviewed on April 14, 2011
