The fastest centralized procurement in history: a drop of 74%, and the price of the new crown self-test box plummeted

In just one week, all the actions related to the new crown antigen kit seemed to be pressed on the accelerator, and it only took two days for the purchase of the quantity to be settled
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Three or four days ago, the new crown self-test box, which was sold for more than 30 yuan, has now dropped to single digits
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5 were selected, no Wanfu On March 16, the Shandong Provincial Public Resources Trading Center announced the "Notice on Announcement of the Results of the Lujin Alliance's Special Centralized Procurement of New Coronavirus Antigen Detection Reagents" (hereinafter referred to as the "Notice")
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A total of 11 companies participated in the application.
In the end, Shenzhen Huada Yinyuan, Beijing Wantai Biology, Wuhan Mingde Biology, Zhejiang Dongfang Gene Biological Products, and Tianjin Boaosaisi were selected
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In terms of selected prices, the prices of 5 companies are all below 10 yuan, with an average drop of 74.
7%
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Among them, Shenzhen Huada Yinyuan has the lowest price, which is only 7.
9 yuan per person
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According to the total supply of 20.
1 million copies committed by the five companies in a single day, a single company can earn up to 72 million yuan a day
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At present, the winning products have been listed on the platform, and medical departments at all levels will be able to purchase online
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It is worth noting that Wanfu Bio, which has recently cut prices in many provinces, is not among them
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On March 15, the Guangdong Provincial Drug Trading Center issued the "Notice on Adjusting the Prices of the Selected Varieties of the New Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Testing Reagent Alliance Regional Group's Procurement with Volume"
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The selected company, Guangzhou Wanfu Biotechnology Co.
, Ltd.
, took the initiative to apply for the new coronavirus (2019-nCoV) antigen detection kit (colloidal gold method) (National Instrument Approval 20203400830) for the selected product, and the price of the selected product was adjusted to 9.
8 yuan per person
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The main entities participating in the procurement of the alliance regions include Guangdong, Jiangxi, Henan, Hunan, Guangxi, Hainan, Chongqing, Guizhou, Yunnan, Gansu, Qinghai provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) and other regions.

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In the Guangdong Alliance centralized procurement a year ago, Wanfu Bio's new crown antigen detection kit won the bid, and the winning price was 16.
8 yuan per person
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From 32.
8 yuan to 16.
8 yuan to 9.
8 yuan and 7.
9 yuan, the price of the new crown antigen kit is like a roller coaster, and the market is accelerating at a double speed
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The supply is in short supply, how is the delivery? On March 16, the new crown antigen kit from Aikang Bio was also approved
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As of press time, the state has approved 13 new crown antigen detection reagents
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At present, online and offline pharmaceutical retail platforms have launched self-tested products one after another, and major brands have different time to market and different prices
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Some are pre-sale, and some are available for immediate delivery
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And some have been sold out and are being expedited distribution
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In addition to retail demand, government procurement demand is also huge
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On March 14, the 35th press conference of Jilin Province's epidemic prevention and control work revealed that Jilin Province had ordered 12 million antigen detection reagents
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Some residents in Shenzhen, Hangzhou, Xiamen, etc.
also received antigen detection reagents distributed by the community
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Such a huge demand has already tested the production capacity of the company, so what about distribution? On March 13, Jiuzhoutong Pharmaceutical Group announced that it has reached strategic cooperation with Shenzhen Huada Gene and Beijing Huaketai Biotechnology to quickly promote the new crown antigen detection reagents to the whole country
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On March 14, BGI and 8 institutions jointly signed a strategic cooperation framework agreement on new crown antigen detection kits, covering the cooperation intention of more than 10 million new crown antigen detection kits, including Sinopharm, China Resources Pharma, Jiuzhoutong etc.

_ Regarding the distribution pressure, the relevant person in charge of Jiuzhoutong said to Cyberblue Devices that the antigen kit (including the self-test kit) is small and light, and the transportation condition is 4-30 °C, which belongs to normal temperature transportation, and the transportation is fast and convenient.
not big
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In terms of cost, Kyushu said to Cyberblue that the transportation cost of antigen kits is relatively low compared to the transportation requirements for nucleic acid detection reagents
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Nucleic acid detection kits need to be transported at -20±5°C, which requires high transport timeliness and temperature, so transportation costs are high
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Antigen kits (including self-test kits) are transported at 4-30°C and are transported at room temperature, with fast and convenient transportation and low cost
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Regarding the three sales channels of antigen kits, the relevant person in charge of Jiuzhoutong said that the primary medical site is limited, there is no PCR laboratory, and the new crown nucleic acid detection project cannot be carried out.
As a result, the detection time is greatly reduced and the risk of hospital infection is reduced
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The pharmacy e-commerce channel is mainly used for personal self-inspection, which can only be used for personal self-monitoring and has no legal effect
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If you need to issue a report, you need to go to a professional medical institution for testing
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When there is no epidemic risk in the region, the sales volume of pharmacy e-commerce channels may not be optimistic, and generally do not spend money to buy a test
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"When there is an epidemic in the area, or when there are cold symptoms, everyone should buy one for safety reasons
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Because of the fast detection speed, antigen reagents can be used in many places
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Nucleic acid testing is required at the station, but the timeliness is slow, and results can be obtained at least four hours, which affects medical treatment and travel
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The subsequent use of rapid testing reagents can greatly speed up the testing speed and avoid the possibility of transmission among infected people
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Follow-up communities, companies, Schools and shopping malls can buy self-test products for risk screening
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" In terms of personal use, on March 15, at the press conference of the State Council's Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism, Li Jinming, deputy director of the National Health Commission's Clinical Testing Center, reminded, Antigen testing should be used for high-risk, high-prevalence cluster infection testing, and the general population should not do antigen testing at will
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As of today, this so-called "100 billion market" has just opened for only a week, and it is still full of uncertainties.
Everything remains to be seen.

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