In 2024, the Chinese Center for Drug Evaluation of the National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) received more than 17,000 applications for drug approvals, representing a slight increase of 3.4 percent from the previous year. Most of the drugs submitted for evaluation were subjected to technical reviews.
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