Novel active substance launches
RecordSTO-01M2KJ7XCF-5037JCNPDK-KT7NP5
Global · 2025
Novel active substance launches worldwide were 79 in 2025 (IQVIA).
Novel active substance launches: every country and year, and how it is measured
- Publisher
- IQVIA
- Authority tier
- T3 Research
- Report
- Global R&D Trends 2026
- Locator
- Exhibit 33: Novel active substances (NAS) launched globally and in selected countries, 2006–2025
- Retrieved
- 15 Sep 2026
- Status
- Verified
What the source says
The 79 novel active substances launched globally in 2025 bring the five-year total to 388, or 369 excluding COVID-19 vaccines and therapeutics.
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APA
IQVIA Institute. (2025). Global R&D Trends 2026. Retrieved September 15, 2026, from https://www.iqvia.com/insights/the-iqvia-institute/reports-and-publications/reports/global-trends-in-r-and-d-2025. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XCF5037JCNPDKKT7NP5
Other formats: MLA, Chicago, BibTeX
- MLA
- IQVIA Institute. "Global R&D Trends 2026." 2025, https://www.iqvia.com/insights/the-iqvia-institute/reports-and-publications/reports/global-trends-in-r-and-d-2025. Accessed 15 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XCF5037JCNPDKKT7NP5.
- Chicago
- IQVIA Institute. "Global R&D Trends 2026." 2025. https://www.iqvia.com/insights/the-iqvia-institute/reports-and-publications/reports/global-trends-in-r-and-d-2025. Accessed September 15, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XCF5037JCNPDKKT7NP5.
- BibTeX
- @misc{iqvia2025novelkt7np5, author = {{IQVIA Institute}}, title = {Global R\&D Trends 2026}, year = {2025}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XCF5037JCNPDKKT7NP5}, note = {Original source: https://www.iqvia.com/insights/the-iqvia-institute/reports-and-publications/reports/global-trends-in-r-and-d-2025. Accessed September 15, 2026.} }
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Primary source
- Publisher
- IQVIA Institute · homepage ↗
- Authority tier
- Tier 3 · Research and companies
- Report
- Global R&D Trends 2026
- Type
- Press release
- Published
- —
- Locator
- Exhibit 33: Novel active substances (NAS) launched globally and in selected countries, 2006–2025
- Retrieved
- 15 September 2026
- Link status
- Reachable (HTTP 200)
- Report licence
- See source
Verification
- Status
- Verified
- Review protocol
- Editorial review
- Checked on
- 15 September 2026
- Last revision
- 15 September 2026
- Permanent URL
- /stat/stat_01M2KJ7XCF5037JCNPDKKT7NP5