FDA closes 2018 with record NME approvals

FDA ended 2018 with a record 59 new molecular entity approvals, up from 46 in 2017. The agency's previous approval record was 53 in 1996, the all-time high in FDA's published data.

As of Dec. 5, FDA had approved 55 NMEs (see "FDA Breaks NME Approval Record in 2018")...