Availability of new medicines in Europe 2023

This statistic displays the number of medicines approved by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) between 2018 and 2021 which were available to patients in selected European countries as of January 5, 2023. According to the data, Germany had 147 of the 168 approved medicines available to patients, the highest amount in Europe.

Number of medicines approved by the EMA available to patients in Europe as of 2023, by country

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Release date

April 2023

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Region

Europe

Survey time period

as of January 5, 2023

Supplementary notes

168 products were approved by the European Medicines Agency between 2018 and 2021.
In most countries availability equates to granting of access to the reimbursement list, except in DK, FI, LU, NO, SE some hospital products are not covered by the general reimbursement scheme.
* Country did not complete a full dataset and therefore availability may be unrepresentative.
** In Spain, the WAIT analysis does not identify those medicinal products being accessible earlier in conformity with Spain's Royal Decree 1015/2009 relating to Medicines in Special Situations.

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