Applications for new medicines rise at the EMEA

Tuesday 25 August 2009

The European Medicines Agency gave a record number of positive opinions for new medicines in 2008. However the number of applications that were rejected by the agency, or withdrawn by the applicant, also increased significantly, according to the EMEA’s 2008 annual report.

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Outcome of initial applications graph. Source EMEA
EMEA applications and approvals for new drugs in 2008 - graph

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