Table 1 Summary scorecard of EMA assessment of 68 MAAs*

From: Factors influencing non-approval of new drugs in Europe

Development plan

Clinical outcome

Clinical relevance

Non-approved (n = 23)

Approved (n = 45)

+

+

+

0

8

+

+

−

0

6

+

−

+

0

2

+

−

−

2

0

−

+

+

2

18

−

+

−

2

6

−

−

+

5

3

−

−

−

12

2

EMA, European Medicines Agency; MAA, marketing authorization application. *Definitions of positive (+) and negative (−) scores are given in Supplementary information S2 (box).