How does the 2018 pipeline compare to 2017’s? Cancer remained the top therapy group in 2018, with a 7.6 percent increase in the number of therapeutic candidates–almost three times the growth of pipeline overall. That’s one key takeaway from In Vivo’s 2018 pipeline infographic, which examines the active drug pipeline by therapeutic area, company and phase. In terms of companies, Novartis topped the list for a second year running with 223 drugs in its pipeline, despite the fact it dropped by 28 drugs. Find out which of the top 10 pharmaceutical companies, by size of pipeline, increased their portfolio sizes and how the overall pipeline breaks down by phases.