In 2022, the pharmaceutical industry in China generated total revenue of over 3.36 trillion yuan, representing a year-on-year growth of 0.5 percent. Pharmaceutical preparations manufacturing and Chinese patent drug manufacturing are the biggest pharmaceutical segments in the country, while the significant sales of COVID-19 vaccines and the high profitability of traditional Chinese medicine products also contributed to the sector's substantial growth in 2021.
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China Pharmaceutical Enterprises Association. (March 20, 2023). Key economic figures on the pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing industry in China from 2017 to 2022 (in billion yuan) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved September 10, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/308016/china-key-figures-on-the-pharmaceutical-industry/
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China Pharmaceutical Enterprises Association. (2023). Key economic figures on the pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing industry in China from 2017 to 2022 (in billion yuan). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: September 10, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/308016/china-key-figures-on-the-pharmaceutical-industry/
China Pharmaceutical Enterprises Association. "Key Economic Figures on The Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing Industry in China from 2017 to 2022 (in Billion Yuan)." Statista, Statista Inc., 20 Mar 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/308016/china-key-figures-on-the-pharmaceutical-industry/
China Pharmaceutical Enterprises Association, Key economic figures on the pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing industry in China from 2017 to 2022 (in billion yuan) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/308016/china-key-figures-on-the-pharmaceutical-industry/ (last visited September 10, 2024)
Key economic figures on the pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing industry in China from 2017 to 2022 (in billion yuan) [Graph], China Pharmaceutical Enterprises Association, March 20, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/308016/china-key-figures-on-the-pharmaceutical-industry/
