Ranking · 5 countries · 2025
New active substance approvals by country 2025
5 countries ranked by new active substance approvals for 2025, the latest period that most reporting countries share. Built from the New active substance approvals indicator; every row links to its record.
How this ranking is built. Indicator: New active substance approvals · Topic: New drug approvals · 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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New active substance approvals by country
2025
European Union: 39: 39
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| Category | Source | Type | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | Centre for Innovation in Regulatory Science | Actual | 50 |
| Canada | Centre for Innovation in Regulatory Science | Actual | 44 |
| Australia | Centre for Innovation in Regulatory Science | Actual | 42 |
| Japan | Centre for Innovation in Regulatory Science | Actual | 40 |
| Switzerland | Centre for Innovation in Regulatory Science | Actual | 34 |
The table
Country ranking
Rank · country · value · source.
| # | Country | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States US | 50 | 2025 | Centre for Innovation in Regulatory Science |
| 2 | Canada CA | 44 | 2025 | Centre for Innovation in Regulatory Science |
| 3 | Australia AU | 42 | 2025 | Centre for Innovation in Regulatory Science |
| 4 | Japan JP | 40 | 2025 | Centre for Innovation in Regulatory Science |
| 5 | Switzerland CH | 34 | 2025 | Centre for Innovation in Regulatory Science |
| — | European Union Reference total, not ranked | 39 | 2025 | Centre for Innovation in Regulatory Science |
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StatOrigin. (2026). New active substance approvals by country, 2025. Retrieved from https://statorigin.org/rankings/new-active-substance-approvals-by-country