C21 · Pharmaceuticals · China
Domestic innovative chemical drug approvals
China: 38 in 2025.
- 38 Latest · China · 2025
- Annual Release cadence
- 2 Records · 1 region · 2025
Verified 17 Sep 2026 · 2 publishers · Next period 2026
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Domestic innovative chemical drug approvals
China, 2025
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2 records · 1 region · 2025. Each period links to its record: the value, its source evidence and original document.
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- Definition
- Number of domestically originated innovative chemical drugs granted regulatory marketing approval.
- Measure
- One slice of Drug approvals ( form: count, origin: domestic, segment: innovative chemical ) . Total number of therapeutic drugs granted regulatory marketing approval. Region and period are columns on every record, not slices.
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Sources · 2 documents
| Document | Publisher | Published | Data points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025年我国批准创新药76个 对外授权超千亿美元 | MOFCOM | — | 1 |
| 创新高！去年我国批准创新药76个 对外授权破千亿美元 | NHSA | — | 1 |
Other slices of drug approvals
- First-in-class drug approvals 9 first in class
- New active substance approvals 6 new active substance
- Innovative drug approvals 5 innovative
- Novel drug approvals 3 novel
- Pediatric medicine approvals 3 pediatric
- Rare disease medicine approvals 3 rare disease
- Approved innovative drugs designated as breakthrough therapies 2 breakthrough therapy
- Common new active substance approvals across major regulatory authorities (multi-year total) 2 cumulative · common across authorities · new active substance
- Domestic first-in-class drug approvals 2 domestic · first in class
- Domestic innovative biological product approvals 2 domestic · innovative biologic
- Domestic innovative drug approvals (half year) 2 domestic · innovative
- Domestic share of approved innovative biological products 2 domestic · innovative biologic
Frequently asked questions
What is the latest domestic innovative chemical drug approvals?
China: 38 in 2025.
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