Small molecule drug approvals
STO-REC-STAT0NMTE9T2 National
72
China · 2025
Small molecule drug approvals in China stood at 72 in 2025 (DIA).
- Publisher
- DIA
- Authority tier
- T2 National
- Locator
- Established Modalities Maintain a Larger Presence
- Retrieved
- 17 Sep 2026
- Status
- Verified
What the source says
As in previous years, in 2025, small molecules represented the mainstream of new drugs authorized by the NMPA, accounting for 60% of the total with 72 products.
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- APA
- DIA. (2025). 2025 NMPA Approvals: China Clears Record Number of New Drugs. Retrieved September 17, 2026, from https://globalforum.diaglobal.org/issue/march-2026/2025-nmpa-approvals-china-clears-record-number-of-new-drugs/. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_0NMTE9GQGBQQ1GZ7G06BVWRTFM
- MLA
- DIA. "2025 NMPA Approvals: China Clears Record Number of New Drugs." 2025, https://globalforum.diaglobal.org/issue/march-2026/2025-nmpa-approvals-china-clears-record-number-of-new-drugs/. Accessed 17 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_0NMTE9GQGBQQ1GZ7G06BVWRTFM.
- Chicago
- DIA. "2025 NMPA Approvals: China Clears Record Number of New Drugs." 2025. https://globalforum.diaglobal.org/issue/march-2026/2025-nmpa-approvals-china-clears-record-number-of-new-drugs/. Accessed September 17, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_0NMTE9GQGBQQ1GZ7G06BVWRTFM.
- BibTeX
- @misc{dia2025smallvwrtfm, author = {{DIA}}, title = {2025 NMPA Approvals: China Clears Record Number of New Drugs}, year = {2025}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_0NMTE9GQGBQQ1GZ7G06BVWRTFM}, note = {Original source: https://globalforum.diaglobal.org/issue/march-2026/2025-nmpa-approvals-china-clears-record-number-of-new-drugs/. Accessed September 17, 2026.} }
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Primary Source
- Publisher
- DIA · homepage ↗
- Authority tier
- Tier 2 · National Official
- Report
- 2025 NMPA Approvals: China Clears Record Number of New Drugs
- Type
- Press release
- Published
- —
- Locator
- Established Modalities Maintain a Larger Presence
- Retrieved
- 17 September 2026
- Link status
- Reachable (HTTP 200)
- Report licence
- See source
Verification & Integrity
- Audit status
- Verified
- Review protocol
- Editorial review
- Checked on
- 17 September 2026
- Last revision
- 17 September 2026
- Archival URI
- /stat/stat_0NMTE9GQGBQQ1GZ7G06BVWRTFM