Breakdown of anticancer drug market in China 2020, by type of medication
In 2020, antineoplastic drugs had a market size of almost 200 billion yuan in China. Despite its adverse side effects, chemotherapy remained one of the leading treatment methods of cancer, with chemotherapy drugs occupying almost two-thirds of the anticancer drug market in China. The market for targeted therapy and immunotherapy medications is expected to boom in the coming years, with new drugs developed and approved every year.