FDA drug approvals per year
Number of original New Drug Application (NDA) and Biologics License Application (BLA) approvals the FDA granted each year, and how many were new molecular entities, counted from Drugs@FDA. One row per calendar year.
Columns
Stable keys — use them in the API, SQL and code
| Key | Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| year | Year | year | Calendar year of approval. |
| original_approvals | Original approvals | integer | Original NDA and BLA approvals that year. |
| nda_approvals | NDAs | integer | Of which New Drug Applications. |
| bla_approvals | BLAs | integer | Of which Biologics License Applications. |
| new_molecular_entities | New molecular entities | integer | Approvals FDA classed as chemical type 1 (an active ingredient never before approved in the U.S.). |
| priority_reviews | Priority reviews | integer | Approvals whose original application had a PRIORITY review designation. |
| complete_year | Complete year | boolean | False for the current year, whose count is still growing. |
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