FDA New Drug Approval Count May Fall Back To Earth In 2016
Executive Summary
A repeat of FDA’s record-breaking NME approval performance from recent years looks unlikely, even though the 14 novel approvals in the first half of 2016 equals the first half total for 2015, because almost one-third fewer novel candidates have user fee goals in the second half.
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