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Most drugs that look promising in animal studies—over 92% of them—end up failing when researchers try to use them in humans, and this high failure rate hasn't changed much in decades.
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Poor Translatability of Biomedical Research Using Animals — A Narrative Review
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2023 MarThe study directly confirms that over 92% of drugs that work in animal tests fail when tried on humans, and this has been the case for decades - exactly matching the claim.
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