Ranking · 5 countries · 2025
Median drug approval time by country 2025
5 countries ranked by median drug approval time for 2025, the latest period that most reporting countries share. Built from the Median drug approval time indicator; every row links to its record.
How this ranking is built. Indicator: Median drug approval time · Industry: Pharmaceuticals · Period: 2025. Only verified actual figures for that one period are ranked, so every row is comparable; forecasts are not ranked, and world or regional totals are shown as reference, not ranked.
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Median drug approval time by country
2025
European Union: 448 days: 448 days
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| Category | Source | Type | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | Centre for Innovation in Regulatory Science | Actual | 413 days |
| Canada | Centre for Innovation in Regulatory Science | Actual | 369 days |
| Australia | Centre for Innovation in Regulatory Science | Actual | 350 days |
| United States | Centre for Innovation in Regulatory Science | Actual | 322 days |
| Japan | Centre for Innovation in Regulatory Science | Actual | 292 days |
The table
Country ranking
Rank · country · value · source. Values in days.
| # | Country | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Switzerland CH | 413 days | 2025 | Centre for Innovation in Regulatory Science |
| 2 | Canada CA | 369 days | 2025 | Centre for Innovation in Regulatory Science |
| 3 | Australia AU | 350 days | 2025 | Centre for Innovation in Regulatory Science |
| 4 | United States US | 322 days | 2025 | Centre for Innovation in Regulatory Science |
| 5 | Japan JP | 292 days | 2025 | Centre for Innovation in Regulatory Science |
| — | European Union Reference total, not ranked | 448 days | 2025 | Centre for Innovation in Regulatory Science |
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StatOrigin. (2026). Median drug approval time by country, 2025. Retrieved from https://statorigin.org/rankings/median-drug-approval-time-by-country