First-in-class drug approvals
RecordSTO-B0F5N0J09F-DXKE4QQEMH-MA6VZD
China · 2023
First-in-class drug approvals in China were 40 in 2023 (State Council).
New drug approvals in China: every year, the rank and how it is measured
- Publisher
- State Council
- Authority tier
- T1 Official
- Retrieved
- 17 Sep 2026
- Status
- Verified
What the source says
The number was the highest in the past five years, compared with 40 in 2023 and 21 in 2022.
Checked: the figure 40is stated in this passage. If it does not match, the extraction is wrong and we want to know.
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APA
State Council of China. (2023). Measures facilitate approval of 48 first-in-class innovative drugs. Retrieved September 17, 2026, from https://english.www.gov.cn/news/202503/20/content_WS67db7e91c6d0868f4e8f0fd6.html. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_B0F5N0J09FDXKE4QQEMHMA6VZD
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- MLA
- State Council of China. "Measures facilitate approval of 48 first-in-class innovative drugs." 2023, https://english.www.gov.cn/news/202503/20/content_WS67db7e91c6d0868f4e8f0fd6.html. Accessed 17 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_B0F5N0J09FDXKE4QQEMHMA6VZD.
- Chicago
- State Council of China. "Measures facilitate approval of 48 first-in-class innovative drugs." 2023. https://english.www.gov.cn/news/202503/20/content_WS67db7e91c6d0868f4e8f0fd6.html. Accessed September 17, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_B0F5N0J09FDXKE4QQEMHMA6VZD.
- BibTeX
- @misc{statecouncil2023firstma6vzd, author = {{State Council of China}}, title = {Measures facilitate approval of 48 first-in-class innovative drugs}, year = {2023}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_B0F5N0J09FDXKE4QQEMHMA6VZD}, note = {Original source: https://english.www.gov.cn/news/202503/20/content\_WS67db7e91c6d0868f4e8f0fd6.html. Accessed September 17, 2026.} }
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Primary source
- Publisher
- State Council of China · homepage ↗
- Authority tier
- Tier 1 · Multilateral Official
- Report
- Measures facilitate approval of 48 first-in-class innovative drugs
- Type
- Press release
- Published
- —
- Locator
- Measures facilitate approval of 48 first-in-class innovative drugs
- Retrieved
- 17 September 2026
- Link status
- Reachable (HTTP 200)
- Report licence
- See source
Verification
- Status
- Verified
- Review protocol
- Editorial review
- Checked on
- 17 September 2026
- Last revision
- 17 September 2026
- Permanent URL
- /stat/stat_B0F5N0J09FDXKE4QQEMHMA6VZD