新薬(しんやく)

しんやく
noun
new drug; new medicine
1. new drug; new medicine
A newly developed pharmaceutical, especially one recently approved or brought to market.
新薬(しんやく)を開発(かいはつ)する。
To develop a new drug.
その新薬(しんやく)は来年(らいねん)発売(はつばい)される予定(よてい)だ。
That new drug is scheduled to go on sale next year.
新薬(しんやく)の承認(しょうにん)には長(なが)い臨床(りんしょう)試験(しけん)が必要(ひつよう)だ。
Approving a new drug requires lengthy clinical trials.

Common in medical and business news. Contrasts with 既存(きぞん)薬(やく) (existing drugs).

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 新薬(しんやく)を開発(かいはつ)する: to develop a new drug
  • 新薬(しんやく)の承認(しょうにん): drug approval
  • 新薬(しんやく)の臨床(りんしょう)試験(しけん): clinical trial of a new drug

SIMILAR WORDS:

  • ジェネリック医薬品(いやくひん): generic drug — a cheaper equivalent made after a patent expires
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