First-in-class novel active substance launches
RecordSTO-01M2KJ7XCG-3Y4BJ2059J-BJMGCW
Global · 2025
First-in-class novel active substance launches worldwide were 30 in 2025 (IQVIA).
First-in-class 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
- The number of novel active substance (NAS) launches increased on a global basis
- Retrieved
- 15 Sep 2026
- Status
- Verified
What the source says
Thirty launches were global first-in-class
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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-r-and-d-trends-2026. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XCG3Y4BJ2059JBJMGCW
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-r-and-d-trends-2026. Accessed 15 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XCG3Y4BJ2059JBJMGCW.
- Chicago
- IQVIA Institute. "Global R&D Trends 2026." 2025. https://www.iqvia.com/insights/the-iqvia-institute/reports-and-publications/reports/global-r-and-d-trends-2026. Accessed September 15, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XCG3Y4BJ2059JBJMGCW.
- BibTeX
- @misc{iqvia2025firstbjmgcw, author = {{IQVIA Institute}}, title = {Global R\&D Trends 2026}, year = {2025}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XCG3Y4BJ2059JBJMGCW}, note = {Original source: https://www.iqvia.com/insights/the-iqvia-institute/reports-and-publications/reports/global-r-and-d-trends-2026. 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
- The number of novel active substance (NAS) launches increased on a global basis
- 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_01M2KJ7XCG3Y4BJ2059JBJMGCW