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Novel active substance launches, five-year total by region
Latest value per region, 2021–2025
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| Category | Source | Type | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Global | IQVIA | Actual | 388 |
| United States | IQVIA | Actual | 270 |
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2 records · 2 regions · 2021–2025. Each period links to its record: the value, its source evidence and original document.
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How this measure is built
- Definition
- Cumulative number of novel active substances launched over a five-year period.
- Measure
- One slice of Novel active substance launches ( basis: cumulative, form: count ) . Total number of novel active substances launched on the market. Region and period are columns on every record, not slices.
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Sources · 1 document
| Document | Publisher | Published | Data points |
|---|---|---|---|
| Global R&D Trends 2026 | IQVIA | — | 2 |
Other slices of novel active substance launches
- Novel active substance launches 6
- Oncology novel active substance (NAS) launches (cumulative) 6 cumulative · oncology
- Oncology novel active substance (NAS) launches (annual) 3 oncology
- First-in-class novel active substance launches 2 first in class
- Chemically synthesized share of new medicine launches 1 chemical
- Cumulative cell and gene therapy launches 1 cumulative · cell and gene therapy
- Domestic-only oncology NAS launches (cumulative) 1 cumulative · domestic · oncology
- Expected annual novel active substance launches (lower bound) 1 forecast low
- Expected annual novel active substance launches (upper bound) 1 forecast high
- Expected cumulative novel active substance launches (lower bound) 1 cumulative · forecast low
- Expected cumulative novel active substance launches (upper bound) 1 cumulative · forecast high
- Genetically engineered share of new medicine launches 1 biologic
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What is the latest novel active substance launches, five-year total?
Global: 388 in 2021–2025.
Where does this data come from?
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How often is it updated?
Irregularly: the publishers behind this measure do not release it on a fixed schedule. A new figure appears here once it is published and verified.
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