new drug

noun

: a drug that has not been declared safe and effective by qualified experts under the conditions prescribed, recommended, or suggested in the label and that may be a new chemical formula or an established drug prescribed for use in a new way

Examples of new drug in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Wainberg, co-director of UCLA Health’s GI Oncology Program, was leading a clinical trial of a new drug called daraxonrasib. —Erika Edwards, NBC news, 31 May 2026

Not all of these new drugs wind up being a massive advance over existing treatments. —Bloomberg, Oc Register, 29 May 2026

But management has an exciting portfolio and pipeline of new drugs and medical technology products to accelerate growth in the coming years. —Kevin Stankiewicz,morgan Chittum, CNBC, 27 May 2026

Every year, the consulting firm IDEA Pharma ranks companies on innovation, which takes into account revenue from new drugs; and invention, which looks at the number of drugs a company has in development and its R&D investment. —Elaine Chen, STAT, 19 May 2026

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1951, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for new drug

• debug
• humbug
• prodrug
• unplug
• antidrug
• mealybug
• multidrug
• chug
• doug
• dug
• hug
• jug

Medical Definition

new drug

noun

: a drug that has not been declared safe and effective by qualified experts under the conditions prescribed, recommended, or suggested in the label and that may be a new chemical formula or an established drug prescribed for use in a new way