Greater importance is being placed on monitoring and analyzing project cost to determine ways toward enhanced efficiency. If done with accuracy, comparison of project cost across the industry substantially raises the sample size, and illuminates areas where a company’s cost may require closer scrutiny. The Project Cost Study provides reliable comparisons of the cost of a project in the various phases of development. No other study makes available, with as much clarity and ease of use, an overall comparison of project cost, across a variety of characteristics such as disease (e.g., Alzheimer’s), and normalized by factors known to be statistically significant in driving cost (e.g., patients, molecule size). The study provides the basis for enhanced project and portfolio planning and more effective decision-making. Participants have shown great enthusiasm for the study claiming that “to date, no other study has provided the same level of confidence in the results when it comes to evaluating how much any given project may or should cost” and that “the data is being employed with regard to strategic investments as well as portfolio management decision making”.