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Fresh from the biologic pipeline—2009

Human antibodies take center stage, as they pile up in the list of approved biologics in 2009. Cormac Sheridan reports.

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Figure 2: FDA new molecular entities and biologics license applications since 2004 according to therapeutic indication.

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Sheridan, C. Fresh from the biologic pipeline—2009. Nat Biotechnol 28, 307–310 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt0410-307

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