new drug
noun
: a drug that has not been declared safe and effective by qualified experts under the conditions prescribed, recommended, or suggested in the label and that may be a new chemical formula or an established drug prescribed for use in a new way
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Developing a new drug currently costs about $2.6 billion, takes 10 to 15 years, and only about 12% of drugs entering clinical trials eventually reach patients.
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Sally Pipes, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
When, a year later, the organization resurfaces and begins trafficking a new drug called Pink Lady across the Middle East, Khalid must reluctantly join forces with Ghali, the only person with intimate knowledge of the syndicate’s operations.
—Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 17 Mar. 2025
In part, the increase reflected that a growing proportion of new drugs treated rare diseases.
—Robin Fields, CNN, 17 Feb. 2025
Mexican trafficking organizations eventually took over the production of this powerful new drug flooding into the black market.
—Moises Velasquez-Manoff Robert Petkoff Emma Kehlbeck Zak Mouton, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2025
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Sally Pipes, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
When, a year later, the organization resurfaces and begins trafficking a new drug called Pink Lady across the Middle East, Khalid must reluctantly join forces with Ghali, the only person with intimate knowledge of the syndicate’s operations.
—Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 17 Mar. 2025
In part, the increase reflected that a growing proportion of new drugs treated rare diseases.
—Robin Fields, CNN, 17 Feb. 2025
Mexican trafficking organizations eventually took over the production of this powerful new drug flooding into the black market.
—Moises Velasquez-Manoff Robert Petkoff Emma Kehlbeck Zak Mouton, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2025
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“New drug.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/new%20drug. Accessed 29 Mar. 2025.
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