Yipeng Lan , Xiaofeng Lin , Yanmei Rao , Zhe Huang
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Abstract
China has initiated drug regulatory reforms since 2015. Here, we analyze the characteristics and trends of domestic innovative drugs approved for marketing in China from January 2010 to May 2024 to explore the effectiveness of drug regulatory reform. Overall, 219 drugs were approved, with growth in chemicals and therapeutic biologics post-reform. Single-arm trials as an important option for clinical trial design of antineoplastic agents increased. The time for each link from investigational new drug (IND) to new drug application (NDA) has been shortened post-reform. Moreover, the time for access to medical insurance for approved drugs has been shortened and price reductions have been increased. China’s drug regulatory reforms have made progress in improving the accessibility of domestic innovative drugs.
期刊介绍:
Drug Discovery Today delivers informed and highly current reviews for the discovery community. The magazine addresses not only the rapid scientific developments in drug discovery associated technologies but also the management, commercial and regulatory issues that increasingly play a part in how R&D is planned, structured and executed.
Features include comment by international experts, news and analysis of important developments, reviews of key scientific and strategic issues, overviews of recent progress in specific therapeutic areas and conference reports.