> And for all of this, only about 5% of medicine that show positive animal results make it to market in some fashion. A mildly positive result is a neccesary but not sufficient condition to make a marketable drug.

I'm surprised its that high tbh. And i suspect it would be a similar low number if we tested on humans instead of animals.

And yes, being able to test early stage ideas cheaply is critical to innovating. We use mice in biology for the same reason we use computer simulations in other fields.

Anyways, if we took your numbers of 5% chance at face value, that means there is a 1 in 20 chance of this press release turning into a real drug that saves real people's lives. Personally i dont think the chance is actually that high, but if it was that would only further my point that this is a milestone worth celebrating.