What Happened: In a landmark move for the world’s second-largest economy, China’s National Health Commission (NHC) announced the 2026 edition of the National Essential Medicines List. This marks the first comprehensive update in eight years, a period that has seen a global revolution in metabolic and oncological medicine. The new list now comprises 476 Western medicines and 318 Traditional Chinese Medicines (TCM), bringing the total to 794. Among the most notable additions is
