Top therapeutic categories worldwide 2025, by number of R&D products

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Matej Mikulic,
May 6, 2025

This statistic shows the top 15 therapeutic categories worldwide as of January 2025, by number of products in R&D phases. There were 4,960 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 2025

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2025

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Worldwide

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As of January 2025

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