TY - CHAP U1 - Buchbeitrag A1 - Schuhmacher, Alexander ED - Morgon, Pierre T1 - Can innovation still be the main growth driver of the pharmaceutical industry? T2 - Sustainable Development for the Healthcare Industry : Reprogramming the Healthcare Value Chain N2 - In the period from the 1950s to 2013, the American Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved 1346 new molecular entities (NMEs) or new biologics entities (NBEs). On average, the approval rate was 20 NMEs per year. In the past 40 years, the number of new drugs launched into the market increased slightly from 15 NMEs in the 1970s to 25–30 NMEs since the 1990s. The highest number of new drugs approved by FDA was in 1996 and 1997, which might be related to the enactment of the Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) in 1993. Y1 - 2014 SN - 978-3-319-12525-1 SB - 978-3-319-12525-1 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-12526-8_2 DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-12526-8_2 SP - 39 EP - 68 S1 - 30 PB - Springer CY - Cham ER -