新薬(しんやく) しんやく noun new drug; new medicine healthscience 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 drugSimilar 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 general Added 2026.5.25 11:04 · Revised 2026.9.2 13:02 28000/28055_shinyaku