Number of FDA approved NMEs, 2009-2018, by size of drug owner
In 2018, the FDA approved of 28 new drugs that were owned by smaller biopharma companies. In comparison, only 14 new approved NMEs came from the top 10 pharma companies.
This statistic presents the number of new molecular entities (NMEs) approved by the FDA from 2009 to 2018, by the size of drug owner or sponsors.