US FDA Likely To Shatter Novel Approval Record In 2018

With at least 40 pending novel products, FDA seems poised to break its 2017 approval record of 46, and could even reach 60.

Happy New Year 2018
US FDA can’t pop any celebratory corks just yet, but the approval numbers are looking good.

The US FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) just barely broke its 2015 novel drug approval record of 45 with 46 in 2017. In 2018, the center will almost certainly shatter that record.

In addition to the 20 novel entities CDER has already cleared in the first half of this year, there are...

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