First-in-class drug approvals

RecordSTO-E3DENM4QEG-BXFVT0TMPS-0FQQNS

21

China · 2022

First-in-class drug approvals in China were 21 in 2022 (State Council).

Original source

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.

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State Council of China. (2022). 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_E3DENM4QEGBXFVT0TMPS0FQQNS

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State Council of China. "Measures facilitate approval of 48 first-in-class innovative drugs." 2022, https://english.www.gov.cn/news/202503/20/content_WS67db7e91c6d0868f4e8f0fd6.html. Accessed 17 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_E3DENM4QEGBXFVT0TMPS0FQQNS.
Chicago
State Council of China. "Measures facilitate approval of 48 first-in-class innovative drugs." 2022. https://english.www.gov.cn/news/202503/20/content_WS67db7e91c6d0868f4e8f0fd6.html. Accessed September 17, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_E3DENM4QEGBXFVT0TMPS0FQQNS.
BibTeX
@misc{statecouncil2022first0fqqns, author = {{State Council of China}}, title = {Measures facilitate approval of 48 first-in-class innovative drugs}, year = {2022}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_E3DENM4QEGBXFVT0TMPS0FQQNS}, note = {Original source: https://english.www.gov.cn/news/202503/20/content\_WS67db7e91c6d0868f4e8f0fd6.html. Accessed September 17, 2026.} }

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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
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Locator
Measures facilitate approval of 48 first-in-class innovative drugs
Retrieved
17 September 2026
Link status
Reachable (HTTP 200)
Report licence
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Verification

Status
Verified
Review protocol
Editorial review
Checked on
17 September 2026
Last revision
17 September 2026
Permanent URL
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