Our Mission
The Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development is an independent, academic, non-profit research group affiliated with Tufts University. Our mission is to develop strategic information to help drug developers, regulators, and policy makers improve the quality and efficiency of pharmaceutical development, review, and utilization.

Our path breaking research keeps the industry, regulators, and the public informed on the pace and nature of drug development.

Our Objectives

• To monitor and report on the development, regulation, and utilization of new drugs and biopharmaceuticals.
  
  
• To explore the economic, legal, scientific, and public policy issues affecting pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical innovation worldwide.s
  
  
• To serve as an information resource on the development and review of new therapeutic agents.
  
  
• To sponsor public forums and conferences that bring together the perspectives of government, industry, academia, and public health advocates.
  
  
• To raise the level of national and international debate on issues related to new drug and biotechnology product development and regulation.