New drug approvals

Excluding traditional Chinese medicines, the NMPA green-lit 120 new drugs, defined as those that obtained a marketing authorization in the country for the first time.

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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_3C1JM05C6TBXGNX9X6NMFFXRET

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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_3C1JM05C6TBXGNX9X6NMFFXRET.

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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_3C1JM05C6TBXGNX9X6NMFFXRET.

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@misc{dia2025drugffxret, 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_3C1JM05C6TBXGNX9X6NMFFXRET}, 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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