National Essential Drug guide price is higher than the retail price of more than

Core Tip: the State Development and Reform Commission recently released guidance prices of essential drugs, drug prices fell by an average 12%. Reporter in Jinan survey found that a number of pharmacies selling price lower than the guide price, almost no need to lower prices of medicines. Some doctors expressed the hope that lower prices for some drugs stop disappear, become a "price cuts dead."

3, West Road, a pharmacy in Jinan culture, people are taking medication, you looking forward to longer drug prices lower. Guo's photo

Qilu Evening News reported October 4 to meet the state's basic drug system, the implementation of the National Development and Reform Commission issued a notice on the 2nd to announce the state of the retail prices of essential medicines. 296 kinds, 2349 a specific standard product formulations, 45% of the drug prices fell by an average 12%.

The drug price cuts, the parties response? Whether it has been able to shake the "doctor of your" problem? Price cuts will not become "airborne", how many people can bring benefits in the end?

People worried about price cuts as "airborne"

Benefits did not imagine the fear that more than

Against the current price ceiling, the reporter found that lower prices of drugs are more concentrated in the chemicals category, such as the common stomach famotidine, 20 mg (30), the current maximum price of 18 yuan, the guide price is only 8.6 yuan. In addition, amoxicillin 125 mg (12) dosage form of from 2.6 yuan to 2.2 yuan. Generally speaking, an average reduction of 12% or so.

But for the drug price cuts, the people mixed. In random interviews with dozens of reporters, Jinan citizens, the majority expressed their expectations, "Some drug prices are too expensive, prices have gone down the consumption of medical care may reduce a lot." But at the same time, many people have expressed concern, fearing that the price cut into the "airborne."

"This is not the first time had lower prices." Are Jinan Central Hospital for treatment, patients with Zhang believes that over the past decade, medicine has conducted a number of price cuts, it is still difficult to solve the "doctor of your" problem, "some even say that drug prices The higher the more limited, but also jokingly 'airborne', which is caused by how? hope that the drugs can limit subsequent introduction of the supervision and management measures, so that ordinary people can obtain more benefits. "

Lok Man on the road a body of medical practitioners, too, "In the past every time a substantial price reduction, the essential drug list will be reduced in a number of drugs, new drug after another, the price is way high jump, patients derive benefits not think too much."

Pharmacy sales price lower than the guide price multi -

Almost no medicine to lower prices

The drugs mentioned in the forthcoming price cuts, a number of pharmacy owner is indifferent. They both said they did not affect drug prices, "because only a very small number of species beyond the guide price, the vast majority of drugs are lower than the guide price."

"For example, CSDP." Cultural West Road, construction of a joint owner, Chen bright points in the drugstore shelves of a drug commonly used cardiovascular drugs, "27 mg (150 pills) film-coated, and the guide price is the 25 yuan, and our pharmacy is currently priced is 21 yuan, much lower than the guide price. "

The reporters found that in several other large chain pharmacies, the drug prices more than 20 yuan, little more than 22 yuan.

"I generally browse a bit and found very little to lower prices of drugs to our pharmacies have made it not a great impact." Shu Yu civilian largest drugstore manager of marketing Mr. Lee said, such as penicillin, 800,000 units, injection The pharmacy price of 0.4 yuan, much lower than the guide price 0.92 yuan. "In addition, some well-known large manufacturers to produce high-quality medicines, with the state allows the 'competitive prices' qualifications, not price adjustment range, the other only a very few species in the context of price adjustment for these drugs, if there is room we will follow the price adjustment reduced, if not, we can only replace the factory. "

Hospitals still much room for price cuts

Chairman of the price set a specific number of

Drug price cuts spread to drug stores is difficult, then the price cut on how to enable patients to get more benefits? An industry source said, "the key in hospitals, in clinics or primary health care sector medical consultation, minor illnesses are not spending too much, the key lies in the hospital to see serious illness can put a real drug prices down."

In response, many hospitals have indicated, although the specific implementation of the guidance prices also need to direct the provincial Development and Reform Commission and the Commodity Prices, but there does exist a lot of prescription drugs price cut.

Jinan Central Hospital Lands Department is responsible for one person, the Hospital is the implementation of drug prices under the price of Jinan Municipal Price Bureau, drug unified online procurement, price transparency, drug prices are not higher than the ex-factory price of 15%. "All levels of hospitals, mainly by the various levels of government drug pricing guide, the National Development and Reform Commission published a 2349 guide price of essential medicines specific dosage forms, but the attribution to the local level, and perhaps did not so much, so the practical implementation still need to hear respective departments on the local price. "He also said that each previous drug price cuts will involve hundreds of kinds of drugs, the price cuts are also not a small space," For patients there is definitely a cost-effective. "

Have in mind is not clear this is the first in dozens of "bargains notice", and the author's impression is that almost every year, the country
Home Development and Reform Commission must control a phenomenon of the pharmaceutical market in the high-priced.As for how much room for price cuts, a trade source said, according to the current drug costs, the market price of the "water" great. "In addition to a variety of circulation loss of profits, the single-drug advertising expenses accounted for a large proportion of the cost of medicines, despite repeated orders from many departments to advertise non-prescription drugs, but the practical implementation more difficult. In addition, in the current health care resources are relatively concentrated, the Government of inadequate investment in medical and health, 'in order to support medical drugs' difficult to cure, resulting in drug prices involves many aspects, therefore, a simple price adjustment is unlikely to be the desired effect. "

, And Commentary

Do not let the basic drug "price cuts to die"

Recently, in line with the national essential medicines implementation of the system, the National Development and Reform Commission issued a notice announcing the state of the retail prices of essential medicines, involving a total of 2349 a specific standard product formulations.

已经记不清楚这是第几十次“降价通知”了，笔者的印象是，几乎每一年，国家发改委都要管一管药品市场中的高价现象。 However, so many "bargains notice", in addition to the relevant departments to reflect the seemingly dutiful "it this way", but also a backdrop of a simple price reduction act, "the fate of Sisyphus" - many of the lower prices of medicines, in the the market will soon encounter both "buy" phenomenon, we are accustomed to call it "price reduction die."

Lower prices - disappeared - the emergence of new drugs - and then price cuts - and then disappear, it seems to be a never-ending cycle of movement.

Therefore, we have reason to worry, the new price reduction of 45% of the drug, is likely to disappear in the future market. Looking for a stop "bargains death" of the fundamental solution approach is much more than simply announce a number of "price cuts to inform" is more essential. There is no denying, "price reduction notice" can not solve the "doctor of your" problem. In fact, "a doctor in your" The problem should be a system of the count of "one drop is over" and achieve "exerted by" effect is only a delusion only. However, the "price cuts death" phenomenon re stubborn, but also inseparable from the "interests" word, in my opinion, only the people in the medical and medicine to achieve complete separation of the two systems, so that medical institutions and pharmaceutical production to become a real public good as well as "new drugs" strict examination and approval, it could completely avoid the "price cuts dead" phenomenon.