In the first case of anti-monopoly of medicine in 2017, the price of APIs was raised 3-25 times

Source: Yigu on February 10, 2017, the State Administration of industry and Commerce issued the competition law enforcement Announcement No On November 11, the party involved in the case made a decision on administrative penalty and was fined 2209221 yuan According to the punishment decision, in the second half of 2015, Hubei Administration for Industry and Commerce received three reports from enterprises, reflecting that the market of "medical methyl salicylate" was monopolized by Wuhan Xinxing elite Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., which forced some enterprises to stop production According to the website of the State Food and drug administration, at present, 4 enterprises have obtained approval numbers for the production of pharmaceutical methyl salicylate APIs According to the survey, due to the reasons of safety and pollution, only Shanxi Huayin jinqiancheng Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd and Nanhai Zhongnan pharmaceutical factory in Foshan City, Guangdong Province actually produce Before 2015, the manufacturers using the API can purchase directly from the above two enterprises, or from the drug dealers purchasing from the two enterprises The supply and demand of the market is relatively stable, and the price is stable at about 20000 yuan / ton In 2015, in the name of Wuhan HH Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd and Hainan HF Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., the party concerned obtained the national general agency right of the above-mentioned manufacturer of methyl salicylate API, which was sold by its salesman in the name of the party concerned or in the name of Wuhan a company, Hubei B company and Hubei C company, thus obtaining 100% of the market of methyl salicylate API Market share After that, the crude drug of methyl salicylate rose from about 20000 yuan / ton to the lowest 60000 yuan / ton, and the highest price reached 500000 yuan / ton Methyl salicylate, also known as Holly oil, can be divided into three kinds: edible, medicinal and chemical raw materials Medicinal Methylis salicylas colorless to pale yellow liquid, it can be used as a medicinal external use of red, medicinal preparations in oral medicine and paint and other fragrance agent, also can be used in Acacia, Wan Xiangyu and other daily flavors According to the Pharmacopoeia of the people's Republic of China and the drug standards of the Ministry of health, "Shangshi Zhitong Plaster", "Fengyoujing", "Huoxue Zhitong Plaster" and other drugs must be added with the medicinal methyl salicylate with the national drug approval number according to the standards, and shall not be replaced by other products Finally, Wuhan Xinxing elite Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd was fined 2.29221 million yuan, including 1.8369 million yuan of illegal income from the confiscation of the parties and the sale of methyl salicylate APIs in the name of three other companies; in 2015, the total sales volume of the parties and their sale of methyl salicylate APIs in the name of three other companies was 12.4107 million yuan 3% fine, i.e 37232100 yuan