new drug

noun

: a drug that has not been declared safe and effective by qualified experts under the conditions prescribed, recommended, or suggested in the label and that may be a new chemical formula or an established drug prescribed for use in a new way

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Crime runs rampant, a new drug just hit the streets, and mob violence dominates the headlines. —

Joe Reid, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024 Still, when someone develops health problems after taking a new drug, their natural reaction is often to blame the medication—and to stop using it. —

Jamie Ducharme, TIME, 4 Nov. 2024 In 2023, these practices contributed to a median annual list price of $300,000 for new drugs, up from $222,000 in 2022 and $180,000 in 2021. —

Robert Pearl, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024 The Food and Drug Administration cleared the investigational new drug application for a phase 1/2 clinical trial of an experimental drug candidate known as REC-1245. —

Christina Cheddar Berk, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for new drug