Asia catching up with USA amid strong global drug development

9 January 2019

A new study from the Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development (CSDD) has found that while the USA leads in drug development, the Asia-Pacific region is catching up rapidly, with the number of Chinese firms developing new active substances jumping 20% over the period studied.

Based on a review of recent launches of new active substances and the current global R&D pipeline, Tufts CSDD finds that the outlook for global drug development is strong, with good potential for stronger growth over the coming decade.

The output of new active substances during the period 2013-17 was found to be 49 on average, higher than the 32 per year recorded during the period 2000-09.

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