China will build a unified public procurement market for pharmaceuticals

, the Leading Group of the State Council for Deepening the Reform of the Medical and Health System published "Several Policy Measures on The Central Procurement and Use of Medicines as a Breakthrough to Further Deepen the Reform of the Medical and Health System." "Several Policy Measures" put forward, relying on the provincial drug centralized procurement platform, the construction of a unified and open public drug procurement market, unified coding, standards and functional norms, promote drug prices and other relevant information interconnection, resource sharing, promote drug prices nationwide linkage."Several policy measures" clearly adhere to the combination of market mechanisms and the role of the government, the formation of a volume procurement, recruitment and assembly, quality priority, to ensure the dosage, to ensure the return of drugs as the characteristics of centralized procurement model and continuous optimization. Combined with the patient's clinical drug demand, the evaluation of the quality and efficacy of generic drugs and the approval of the new registration classification of chemical drugs, the scope of centralized procurement and use of drug varieties by national organizations has been expanded in an orderly manner, giving priority to the price of the original drug higher than the world's major countries and surrounding regions, the price difference between the original drug and generic drugs, as well as the evaluation of the quality and efficacy of generic drugs into the scope of centralized procurement. Explore the gradual integration of high-value medical supplies into the scope of centralized procurement by national organizations or local organizations.For medicines not included in the centralized procurement and use scope of national organizations, "Several Policy Measures" put forward that all localities should rely on the provincial drug centralized procurement platform, learn from the experience of centralized procurement and use of drugs organized by national organizations, adopt individual or cross-regional alliances and other ways, in the procurement of drug scope, shortlisting standards, centralized procurement forms and other aspects to increase reform and innovation efforts, forming a national and local mutually promoted work pattern. We will encourage the exploration of the formation of reasonable prices through group procurement, joint procurement of specialized hospitals and procurement of medical complexes, encourage the active participation of non-public medical institutions, social pharmacies, etc., and jointly promote the formation of a market-oriented drug price formation mechanism."Several policy measures" put forward, actively promote the quality of generic drugs and efficacy of consistent evaluation of the work, through the consistent evaluation of drugs to implement the responsibility of local supervision, strengthen supervision and inspection. Strengthen supervision and inspection of the centralized procurement of winning drugs and product sampling, urge the winning enterprises to improve the level of quality management, effectively implement the main responsibility, to ensure the quality and safety of drugs. Establish and improve the investigation, evaluation, assessment and monitoring system of the supply capacity of pharmaceutical production enterprises. Starting with the centralized procurement and use of medicines by state organizations, the emergency reserve, inventory and capacity reporting system of the winning production enterprises will be gradually established."Several policy measures" stressed that all regions should learn from the promotion of "space, adjust the structure, ensure convergence" of the three-medical linkage reform experience, through reducing the cost of drug supplies and other ways to free up space, on the basis of ensuring the benefits of the masses, the overall use of the three-doctor linkage reform. Under the premise of not increasing the burden of the masses in general, the optimization of the price of medical services is explored in a steady and orderly pilot. All localities should implement the "two permits" requirement, make timely use of the increased disposable income of hospitals, such as reducing the cost of pharmaceutical supplies and adjusting the price of medical services, and actively promote the reform of the pay system of public hospitals to mobilize the enthusiasm of medical personnel.A number of policy measures were considered and adopted by the 71st Executive Meeting of the State Council. (Health News Network)