MOH Arranges Centralized Drug Purchase Work
This article was originally published in PharmAsia News
Executive Summary
At a working meeting for national centralized drug purchase, Ministry of Health Deputy Minister Gao Qiang pointed out that such a system is the objective requirement of deepening the health care system reform and plays an important role. Centralized purchase will: improve the channels for ensuring drug supply as a centralized tender and competitive bidding process can increase drug purchase efficiency and effective supervision of unreasonable pricing; facilitate the establishment of a reasonable drug-price formulation mechanism; and promote pharmaceutical industry optimization and upgrades. Drug companies may redeploy marketing resources in good product development, quality enhancement and competitive building. (Click here for more - Chinese Language)