%0 Journal Article
%T Recent and anticipated novel drug approvals for 2023 and 2024.
%A Rim MH
%A Karas BL
%A Barada F
%A Levitsky AM
%J Am J Health Syst Pharm
%V 81
%N 6
%D 2024 Mar 7
%M 38146706
%F 2.98
%R 10.1093/ajhp/zxad337
%X <B>OBJECTIVE: </B>Health-system pharmacists play a crucial role in monitoring the pharmaceutical pipeline to manage formularies, allocate resources, and optimize clinical programs for new therapies. This article aims to support pharmacists by providing updates on new and anticipated novel drug approvals.<BR><B>CONCLUSIONS: </B>Selected drug approvals anticipated in the 12-month period covering the fourth quarter of 2023 through the third quarter of 2024 are reviewed. The analysis emphasizes drugs selected from 58 novel drugs awaiting FDA approval that are expected to have significant clinical and financial impact in hospitals and clinics. The pipeline includes recently added drugs with various indications, including oncology, infectious diseases such as complicated urinary tract infection and pneumonia, and rare diseases.<BR><B>CONCLUSIONS: </B>Cellular and gene therapies continue to strengthen the pipeline as potential new treatment options for genetic disorders, rare diseases, and cancer. Additional diseases treated by new agents include pulmonary arterial hypertension, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, diabetes, and obesity.