Median drug approval time (count)
RecordSTO-HFXVYEW09C-3453R6TPPJ-P29EGQ
United Kingdom · 2025
Median drug approval time in the United Kingdom was 378 days in 2025 (ABPI).
- Publisher
- ABPI
- Authority tier
- T2 Official
- Locator
- UK areas of unrealised potential
- Retrieved
- 17 Sep 2026
- Status
- Verified
What the source says
The MHRA's median time to approve a new medicine fell from 427 days in 2024 to 378 days in 2025, alongside improvements in the reliability of scientific advice and clinical trial approvals.
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APA
Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry. (2025). Green shoots for UK pharma investment, but delivery will decide whether they take root. Retrieved September 17, 2026, from https://www.abpi.org.uk/media/news/2026/august/green-shoots-for-uk-pharma-investment-but-delivery-will-decide-whether-they-take-root/. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_HFXVYEW09C3453R6TPPJP29EGQ
Other formats: MLA, Chicago, BibTeX
- MLA
- Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry. "Green shoots for UK pharma investment, but delivery will decide whether they take root." 2025, https://www.abpi.org.uk/media/news/2026/august/green-shoots-for-uk-pharma-investment-but-delivery-will-decide-whether-they-take-root/. Accessed 17 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_HFXVYEW09C3453R6TPPJP29EGQ.
- Chicago
- Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry. "Green shoots for UK pharma investment, but delivery will decide whether they take root." 2025. https://www.abpi.org.uk/media/news/2026/august/green-shoots-for-uk-pharma-investment-but-delivery-will-decide-whether-they-take-root/. Accessed September 17, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_HFXVYEW09C3453R6TPPJP29EGQ.
- BibTeX
- @misc{abpi2025medianp29egq, author = {{Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry}}, title = {Green shoots for UK pharma investment, but delivery will decide whether they take root}, year = {2025}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_HFXVYEW09C3453R6TPPJP29EGQ}, note = {Original source: https://www.abpi.org.uk/media/news/2026/august/green-shoots-for-uk-pharma-investment-but-delivery-will-decide-whether-they-take-root/. Accessed September 17, 2026.} }
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Primary source
- Publisher
- Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry · homepage ↗
- Authority tier
- Tier 2 · National and industry official
- Report
- Green shoots for UK pharma investment, but delivery will decide whether they take root
- Type
- Press release
- Published
- —
- Locator
- UK areas of unrealised potential
- Retrieved
- 17 September 2026
- Link status
- Reachable (HTTP 200)
- Report licence
- See source
Verification
- 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_HFXVYEW09C3453R6TPPJP29EGQ