The National Health Service in England says it will be the first health system in the world to roll out a subcutaneously administered formulation of Tecentriq, after the UK MHRA became the first drug regulator to approve the product.

China's conditional approval system, which is an accelerated pathway, is being increasingly used by pharma firms, but some thorny issues remain such as the impact on full approvals, the scheme’s relation to priority reviews and currently available therapies and deadlines for confirmatory studies. Staff from the country's Center for Drug Evaluation discussed various topics around the system in a recent article.

The 2022 pricing negotiations for innovative drugs organized by China’s National Healthcare Security Administration have slashed prices of included products by 60% on average, a level mostly unchanged from the 2021 round, although 36% more novel medicines were covered.

As of October 2022, China's GloriaBio had reached less than 25% of the annual sales volume expected for its anti-PD-1 antibody zimberelimab and was set to miss its full-year target, forcing a CNY423m ($62m) impairment provision and illustrating how immuno-oncology fortunes can fluctuate in the country.