SFDA Approved 434 New Drugs In 2008
This article was originally published in PharmAsia News
Executive Summary
China's State FDA accepted a total of 3,413 applications for drug registrations in 2008. The total number decreased by 75 percent and 18 percent compared to the same period in 2006 and 2007, largely because of a sharp drop in the number of applications of imitation drugs and modified drugs. SFDA approved a total of 434 new drugs for clinical applications, of which 52 are new compounds. The agency approved a total of 165 applications for new drug production, of 119 different drugs; and it approved a total of 99 applications for importation of medicines, involving 83 drugs. (Click here for more