Medical network - March 30 early march launch of guangdong province in 2017, a new round of drug bidding transaction, finally complete the transaction within 3 month, and bring the good news, guangdong can save drug purchase funds this year more than 2.1 billion yuan; Comparison the new rules for trading, clinch a deal has been expired patent medicine overall decline significantly, up to 14%. 

 

Reported that on March 2, officially launched this year in the first round of drug bidding transaction, is the province to implement "interim measures for the pharmaceutical trade related medical institutions in guangdong province" (yue who [2016] no. 75) the auction for the first time, marked the drug trade work entered a new phase in the province. This round of trading since September 2016 even do preparation work before launch. 

 

Drug purchase money: save more than $2.1 billion than last year 

 

By statistics, this year the first round of drug bidding transaction involving drugs 40003 rules, including bargaining, 23598, 16405 bid. Involved in the amount of government grass-roots medical institutions, the public medical institutions at or above the county level with a total of 2315 health family planning services. 

 

End of quote, a total of 1431 drug production enterprises involved in the quotation, involves the product number 6303, involved in quotation manufacturers accounted for 92.50%, offer products accounted for 73.36%. Clinch a deal the varieties 3208, involved 1245 companies, clinch a deal the total amount is 20.406 billion yuan, compared with 2016, our province drugs into the market and reduce our price by 9.50%, save procurement capital of 2.142 billion yuan. 

 

New change: expired patent medicine throughout the country take the lead in price comparison deals 

 

This round of drug deals particularly noteworthy, but also because of guangdong province in the national innovation in introducing new parity trading rules, it is mainly aimed at some expired patent medicine such as drug prices artificially high, will be "expired patent medicine" and "stable export into the international mainstream market medicine", "through quality consistency evaluation of generics," Chinese medicine through comparison coefficient from bidding transaction amount; Or agree to bargaining deal benefit and medical institutions. 

 

According to related department for the first time in 2017 drug statistical analysis of transaction results, comparison of guangdong new rules for trading, clinch a deal has been expired patent medicine overall decline is obvious. 

 

The drug bidding transaction third level (expired patent medicine, export drugs, generic drugs) can trades directory number 406, accept the new rules comparison trade directory number 370, accounting for more than 91.13%; Involving 79 drug manufacturers; Total transaction value of about 4 billion yuan (about 3.3 billion yuan) bargaining transactions, compared with 2016, the average fell 8.56%, saving purchasing fund of about 374 million yuan. 

 

Among them, the price drop before 10 product gauge dropped 18.90% on average, individual expired patent medicine gauge a drop by 21.12%; Guangdong market share before 10 rules an average reduction of 14.29%, individual expired patent medicine gauge a drop of 17.95%. 

 

The smooth implementation of the new rules, effectively reduce the expired patent drug prices artificially high, make people share the achievements of the price and maintain the public interests. 

 

Patent medicine expiration: means a chance to reduce the artificially high price 

 

For patent medicine expiration, ordinary people so few people understand. In fact, a drug developed, can apply for a patent, in the process of drug patent protection including newly developed the active ingredients, drug dosage, preparation process, formulation, use and so on, and generally refers to "patent medicines expired", refers to the compound patent protection. 

 

More than 1 billion dollars in annual sales of blockbuster drugs, there are eight kinds of drugs at the core of the compound patent expired in 2015, 2015, and the drug therapeutic areas are mainly distributed in the cardiovascular system, antitumor and immune modulators and systemic anti-infection drugs. 

 

Patents expire, means available to expire patent generic production, is the guangdong pharmaceutical bidding transaction "generic" in the third level, generic drugs even innovation to shine on you, and for the people, also mean expensive patented drugs in the past, finally had a chance to reduce the artificially high prices and easing the burden on medication, meet the demand of medicine.