The latest edition of Meds Pipeline Monitor, from the Patented Medicine Prices Review Board, features a selection of new medicines undergoing clinical evaluation or in pre-registration that may gain market authorization in Canada in the future. There were 10,501 drugs in the pipeline as of August 2025.
Oncology represented 40% of medicines in all phases of clinical trials. Treatments for infectious diseases and central nervous system diseases held the second and third largest share of the pipeline.
The Meds Pipeline Monitor focuses on novel medicines undergoing Phase III clinical trials or in pre-registration with the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). It also includes information on other drugs in Phase II that share the same mechanism of action or indication.
This edition of the report also highlights five new medicines currently under priority review by Health Canada.
