Eroom's law

Meaning

Proper Noun

• The observation that drug discovery is becoming slower and more expensive over time, despite improvements in technology.

Origin

• Moore's law spelled backwards, coined in a 2012 paper.{{cite-journal
• |author=Jack W. Scannell
• |author2=Alex Blanckley
• |author3=Helen Boldon
• |author4=Brian Warrington
• |title=Diagnosing the decline in pharmaceutical R&D efficiency