China released its 2026 national reimbursement drug list (NRDL) and a parallel
commercial health insurance innovative drug list, adding 107 medicines to the
NRDL, including a record 51 Category I new drugs covering oncology, rare
diseases, chronic and psychiatric indications. The NRDL now totals 3,331
products (1,935 Western drugs; 1,396 traditional Chinese medicines) and takes
effect Jan. 1, 2027. The commercial list added 12 drugs — including the world’s
first solid‑tumor CAR‑T and China’s first hemophilia gene therapy — bringing
that list to 28.