Worldwide top diseases 2025, by number of drugs in R&D

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Matej Mikulic,
May 7, 2025

This statistic shows the top 15 diseases/indications worldwide as of January 2025, based on the number of active drugs in the R&D pipeline. There were 1,129 active drugs for breast cancer in that year, which made it the top disease in the R&D pipeline.

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Leading 15 diseases worldwide by number of R&D products as of 2025

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2025

Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

As of January 2025

Supplementary notes

Data is as of January 2025. The statistic excludes the more generalized indications, which include the term ‘unspecified’ to focus in solely on counting drugs where precise target diseases have been identified.

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