Drugs in R&D pipeline worldwide 2024-2025, by phase of development

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Matej Mikulic,
May 6, 2025

This statistic shows the number of drugs in the R&D pipeline worldwide in 2024 and 2025, by phase of development. At the beginning of 2025, there were some 12,700 drugs in the pre-clinical phase of the R&D pipeline.

Number of drugs in the R&D pipeline worldwide as of 2024 vs. 2025, by development phase

Development phase20242025
Pre-clinical 12,483 12,704
Phase I 3,703 3,954
Phase II 3,374 3,586
Phase III 1,248 1,358
Pre-registration 270 294
Registered 174 189
Launched 1,425 1,568
Suspended 120 127
Not applicable* 85 79
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Created with Highcharts 7.2.2Development phaseDrug count12,70412,7043,9543,9543,5863,5861,3581,3582942941891891,5681,568127127797912,48312,4833,7033,7033,3743,3741,2481,2482702701741741,4251,425120120858520242025Pre-clinicalPhase IPhase IIPhase IIIPre-registrationRegisteredLaunchedSuspendedNot applicable*

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Release date

2025

Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

As of January 2024 and January 2025

Supplementary notes

Data are as of January of each year.
* Not applicable and is applied to companion diagnostics prelaunch.

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