Executive meeting of the State Council: Seriously summarize the experience of the national drug centralized procurement pilot, and launch it in a timely and comprehensive manner

Premier Li Keqiang presided over the executive meeting of the State Council on April 3 to determine measures to reduce government and business service charges this year and further reduce the burden on enterprises and the masses; to decide to reduce the rate of postal tax on imported goods and promote the expansion of imports and consumption; to coordinate with the implementation of the foreign investment law and meet the needs of optimizing the business environment, a number of legal amendments were adopted We will listen to reports on the centralized purchase of drugs, the supply of drugs in short supply and medical assistance, and ask more people to benefit from drug use and medical treatment In terms of specific medical related content, the meeting stressed that it is necessary to further promote the national drug centralized procurement pilot, drug shortage monitoring response and medical assistance First, we need to improve the centralized procurement system, strengthen the quality supervision and supply guarantee of winning drugs, and reduce prices for the benefit of the people We will conscientiously summarize the experience of the pilot projects and push them forward in a timely and comprehensive manner Second, we need to ensure the supply of essential drugs, emergency (rescue) and other drugs We will improve the monitoring and early warning mechanism, and ensure the supply of drugs that are clinically necessary, vulnerable to shortages and poor substitutability by means of strengthening reserves, unified procurement or designated production, so as to prevent unreasonable price increases of urgently needed and commonly used drugs Third, while doing a good job in basic medical security, we need to further improve the medical assistance system, implement measures such as detailed insurance contributions and direct assistance, and effectively improve the sense of access of the poor.