Industry Flying High With Record-Breaking First Novel Launch Tally in 2021

New Active Substance Launches Nearing Triple Figures

2021 was another record-breaking year for novel product launches as COVID-19 continued to make an impact, but the industry’s response to the pandemic did not fully account for the acceleration seen in this strict measure of R&D productivity.    

The biopharma industry outdid itself in 2021, launching a record 97 novel active substances in their first markets, and smashing the previous year’s record new product tally of 83.

COVID-19 products/vaccines accounted for only part of the NAS boom in 2021, with 17 new products against the coronavirus making...

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