Fears of reduced new medicines available to patients in the UK unfounded

Source: BBC Health News Area: News Fears the number of new medicines available to patients in the UK is declining have been rejected. Researchers found the number of drugs introduced during the last 30 years had in fact increased slightly, the BMJ Open journal reported.   Researchers came to the conclusion after analysing data in the British National Formulary guide on drugs.   They looked at how many new medicines were added between 1971 and 2011 and reported the following findings: . The average number of drugs introduced per year was just under 23, varying from nine in the lowest year to 34 in the highest. . There were steep peaks and troughs over this period, including a dip between 1998 and 2006. Since then the numbers have risen again. . It has meant in recent years there have been 0.16 more drugs being produced every year than there were in the 1970s.
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