In 2015, the European Medicines Agency authorized 93 medicines for commercial sale.
Notes on verification
Directly confirmed by EMA's own annual reporting and independent trade press (RAPS, BioSpace). Minor terminological nuance: EMA figure reflects CHMP recommendations, which the European Commission formally authorizes, but this is a common simplification and doesn't affect the substance.
Sources
- Farmacoepidemiologia documentazione in Europa (epicentro.iss.it)
- https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/news/human-medicines-highlights-2015 (ema.europa.eu)
- https://www.raps.org/resource/ema-carries-2014-momentum-recommends-39-new-drugs.html (raps.org)
- https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/news/progress-science-medicine-and-health (ema.europa.eu)
- https://www.biospace.com/drug-approvals-at-19-year-high-belie-industry-challenges (biospace.com)