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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This part of the agency, which had around 6,000 employees before the cuts, is responsible for new drug approvals as well as monitoring unexpected side effects after approval and making label changes.
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Yuki Noguchi, NPR, 1 Apr. 2025
But new drugs in development are able to significantly improve symptoms and slow or prevent disease progression.
—Deborah Fuller, The Conversation, 28 Mar. 2025
The majority of new drugs first debut in the United States.
—Sally Pipes, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
The same is true of Ramaswamy, who seems to not realize that whatever revolutionary new drugs and treatments his biotech startups might produce will not simply appear magically in the marketplace ready to take on some of society’s most intractable diseases.
—Jeffery Vacante, Hartford Courant, 16 Mar. 2025
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Yuki Noguchi, NPR, 1 Apr. 2025
But new drugs in development are able to significantly improve symptoms and slow or prevent disease progression.
—Deborah Fuller, The Conversation, 28 Mar. 2025
The majority of new drugs first debut in the United States.
—Sally Pipes, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
The same is true of Ramaswamy, who seems to not realize that whatever revolutionary new drugs and treatments his biotech startups might produce will not simply appear magically in the marketplace ready to take on some of society’s most intractable diseases.
—Jeffery Vacante, Hartford Courant, 16 Mar. 2025
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“New drug.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/new%20drug. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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