Novel active substance launches, five-year total

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388

Global · 2021–2025

Novel active substance launches, five-year total worldwide was 388 in 2021–2025 (IQVIA).

Original source

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

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The 79 novel active substances launched globally in 2025 bring the five-year total to 388, or 369 excluding COVID-19 vaccines and therapeutics.
IQVIA Institute, Global R&D Trends 2026, Exhibit 33: Novel active substances (NAS) launched globally and in selected countries, 2006–2025

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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_4KVS9XYSK57WDEKDNN4S78AJ3F

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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_4KVS9XYSK57WDEKDNN4S78AJ3F.
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_4KVS9XYSK57WDEKDNN4S78AJ3F.
BibTeX: @misc{iqvia2025novel78aj3f, author = {{IQVIA Institute}}, title = {Global R\&D Trends 2026}, year = {2025}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_4KVS9XYSK57WDEKDNN4S78AJ3F}, 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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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

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Status: Verified
Review protocol: editorial:judge-fix-v1:2026-09-27
Checked on: 27 September 2026
Last revision: 27 September 2026
Permanent URL: /stat/stat_4KVS9XYSK57WDEKDNN4S78AJ3F

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