Worldwide top diseases 2022, by number of active drugs

Published by
Matej Mikulic,
May 11, 2022
This statistic shows the top 10 diseases/indications worldwide as of January 2022, based on the number of active drugs. The projection said that there were 888 active drugs for breast cancer in that year, which made it the top disease in terms of number of active drugs.

Leading 10 diseases worldwide by number of active drugs as of 2022*

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Release date

2022

Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

as of January 2022

Supplementary notes

* As of January 2022. The statistic excludes the more generalized indications which include the term ‘unspecified’ to focus in solely on counting drugs where precise target diseases have been identified.

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