A number of common drugs have gone up in price, some by as much as 569.2%.

"Pharmaceutical Network Industry Dynamics" Recently, Wuhu City, Anhui Province, pharmaceutical medical supplies management center issued the "2020 municipal public hospital drug price adjustment public notice."
notice shows that, in order to ensure the clinical supply of medical institutions, Wuhu City Pharmaceutical Control Center to the city's second, fourth and fifth hospitals to request price adjustment of drugs, according to the relevant documents requires the organization of personnel after the first instance, the inquiry will now comply with the provisions of the six varieties of the document to be made public.
note that, unlike the price reduction announcements we see on a daily basis, the price of Wuhu market price adjustment varieties is higher this time, and there are relatively large adjustments.
such as potassium chloride slow release tablets 0.5g x 48, the same manufacturer in Anhui before the price is 9 yuan, now adjusted to 14 yuan, up 55.6%; For 0.3 yuan, now adjusted to 1.6 yuan, up as much as 433.3 percent;
as a whole, most of the price adjustment drugs are low-cost drugs, cheap life-saving drugs, some are still in short supply around the drug catalog regulars.
according to the notice, the reason for the price adjustment of these drugs is mainly due to fluctuations in the market price of drugs (it should be said that the price is too low), resulting in a lack of smooth supply of some drugs, so appropriate price adjustments have been made.
, there have been many cheap medicines, first aid drugs, shortages and out-of-stock situations all over the country.
e.g. in recent years, there have been many cases of fish protein (rescue clotting disorder), postcards of bromides (severe muscle weakness special effects drugs), pyridromycin (commonly used drugs for childhood tumors) and other low-cost, life-saving drugs out of stock, as well as some small varieties of small quantities of drugs (such as rare diseases, cancer drugs), low-cost drugs, some first aid drugs and women's and children's drugs in a phased supply shortage.
, the main reason for this phenomenon is that profits are too low for many companies to stick to production.
recent years, as a result of rising global drug costs, a large number of pharmaceutical companies have pulled out of cheap drug production in favor of lucrative "new drugs".
low profits on cheap drugs and the reluctance of middlemen to stock up, pharmaceutical companies would adopt an "immediate production technology" system to reduce inventories, creating an "intermittent shortage" in the market.
, the monopoly and shortage of API have also had a partial impact on drug shortages and price increases. On January 8,
, Hainan Province Pharmaceutical Central Purchasing Center issued a notice, since April 2019, the total number of applications for drug withdrawal involving 250 drugs, of which 171 are due to the price of RAW drugs, can not be normal supply, production line transformation, production line stop and other reasons leading to production stoppage.
the shortage of commonly used drugs, life-saving drugs price increases, in recent years, the country has been given a high degree of attention.
Especially since 2019, the state has repeatedly asked for price reductions in the shortage of commonly used drugs and life-saving drugs - seriously study the causes of the shortage of drugs, especially to prevent the unreasonable price increases of urgently needed and commonly used drugs, and take effective measures to ensure supply.
For example, in August last year, the newly revised Drug Administration Law provided for a special chapter on "drug stocks and supplies", which made it clear that the State should implement a drug reserve system, establish a monitoring system for drug supply and demand, implement a list management system for shortages of medicines, and implement a system of priority review of shortages of medicines.
, drugs are essentially commodities and profit-based, so short-lived, one-time drug shortages are widespread.
drugs are special, closely related to people's life and health, and should be responded to quickly in the event of shortage.
, under the control of the state to establish long-term mechanism and strengthen the "tangible hand", the prices of commonly used and short-term drugs are expected to be more rationalized.