First global drug approvals
RecordSTO-X2NWM2A19B-HA2Q6D1FNA-WTF9RG
China · 2025
First global drug approvals in China were 61 in 2025 (DIA).
New drug approvals in China: every year, the rank and how it is measured
- Publisher
- DIA
- Authority tier
- T2 Official
- Locator
- Domestic Players Account for Most of China’s Approvals
- Retrieved
- 17 Sep 2026
- Status
- Verified
What the source says
Notably, 61 drugs obtained their first global approval in China, their modalities ranging from small molecules and mAbs to vaccines, ADCs, cell and gene therapies, peptides, and fusion proteins.
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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_X2NWM2A19BHA2Q6D1FNAWTF9RG
Other formats: MLA, Chicago, BibTeX
- 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_X2NWM2A19BHA2Q6D1FNAWTF9RG.
- 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_X2NWM2A19BHA2Q6D1FNAWTF9RG.
- BibTeX
- @misc{dia2025firstwtf9rg, 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_X2NWM2A19BHA2Q6D1FNAWTF9RG}, 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 and industry official
- Report
- 2025 NMPA Approvals: China Clears Record Number of New Drugs
- Type
- Press release
- Published
- —
- Locator
- Domestic Players Account for Most of China’s Approvals
- 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_X2NWM2A19BHA2Q6D1FNAWTF9RG