2020 FDA approvals show innovation despite COVID-19 pandemic challenges

A new report from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) notes that the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) approved 53 novel drugs last year. These figures are in addition to innovative medicines that are approved through FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research—which include for example, cell therapies, gene therapies, vaccines and other biologic medicines.