Human rare disease medicines recommended for marketing authorisation

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European Union · 2025

Human rare disease medicines recommended for marketing authorisation in the European Union stood at 16 in 2025 (EMA).

Original source
Publisher
EMA
Authority tier
T1 Official
Locator
EMA’s 2025 annual report shows strong approval numbers for human and veterinary medicines
Retrieved
17 Sep 2026
Status
Verified

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Sixteen of the recommended human medicines were for the treatment of rare diseases.

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APA
European Medicines Agency. (2025). EMA’s 2025 annual report shows strong approval numbers for human and veterinary medicines. Retrieved September 17, 2026, from https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/news/emas-2025-annual-report-shows-strong-approval-numbers-human-veterinary-medicines. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_JYQQX5HH7JXNA7QVFF4ESPABTP
MLA
European Medicines Agency. "EMA’s 2025 annual report shows strong approval numbers for human and veterinary medicines." 2025, https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/news/emas-2025-annual-report-shows-strong-approval-numbers-human-veterinary-medicines. Accessed 17 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_JYQQX5HH7JXNA7QVFF4ESPABTP.
Chicago
European Medicines Agency. "EMA’s 2025 annual report shows strong approval numbers for human and veterinary medicines." 2025. https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/news/emas-2025-annual-report-shows-strong-approval-numbers-human-veterinary-medicines. Accessed September 17, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_JYQQX5HH7JXNA7QVFF4ESPABTP.
BibTeX
@misc{ema2025humanspabtp, author = {{European Medicines Agency}}, title = {EMA’s 2025 annual report shows strong approval numbers for human and veterinary medicines}, year = {2025}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_JYQQX5HH7JXNA7QVFF4ESPABTP}, note = {Original source: https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/news/emas-2025-annual-report-shows-strong-approval-numbers-human-veterinary-medicines. Accessed September 17, 2026.} }

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Tier 1 · Multilateral Official
Report
EMA’s 2025 annual report shows strong approval numbers for human and veterinary medicines
Type
Press release
Published
Locator
EMA’s 2025 annual report shows strong approval numbers for human and veterinary medicines
Retrieved
17 September 2026
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Review protocol
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Checked on
17 September 2026
Last revision
17 September 2026
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