Novel active substance launches, forecast five-year growth
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Global · 2026–2030
IQVIA projects novel active substance launches, forecast five-year growth worldwide at 375 in 2026–2030.
- 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
Based on molecules in the late-stage pipeline and historic success rates, over the next five years an average of 70–80 NAS are expected to launch annually, expanding the number of NAS launched globally by 350–400.
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- APA
- IQVIA Institute. (2030). 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_RBARCTHBPWKFZDZXNRF9GMT457
- MLA
- IQVIA Institute. "Global R&D Trends 2026." 2030, 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_RBARCTHBPWKFZDZXNRF9GMT457.
- Chicago
- IQVIA Institute. "Global R&D Trends 2026." 2030. 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_RBARCTHBPWKFZDZXNRF9GMT457.
- BibTeX
- @misc{iqvia2030novelgmt457, author = {{IQVIA Institute}}, title = {Global R\&D Trends 2026}, year = {2030}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_RBARCTHBPWKFZDZXNRF9GMT457}, 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 · Industry & Research
- 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 & Integrity
- Audit status
- Verified
- Review protocol
- Editorial review
- Checked on
- 17 September 2026
- Last revision
- 17 September 2026
- Archival URI
- /stat/stat_RBARCTHBPWKFZDZXNRF9GMT457