This statistic shows the top 15 therapeutic categories worldwide as of January 2024, by number of products in R&D phases. There were 4,860 immunological anticancer products in the R&D product pipeline which made it the highest ranked therapeutic category in respect to the number of R&D products that year.
Leading 15 therapeutic categories worldwide by number of R&D products as of 2024
Therapeutic category
Number of R&D products
Anticancer, immunological
4,860
Anticancer, other
3,935
Gene therapy
2,151
Monoclonal antibody, other
1,595
Neurological
1,125
Prophylactic vaccine, anti-infective
1,115
Ophthalmological, other
1,054
Antiviral, other
935
Immunosuppressant
899
Cellular therapy, chimaeric antigen receptor
795
Antidiabetic
772
Musculoskeletal
767
Anti-inflammatory
747
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