Chinese herbal medicine has sounded the clarion call of price increase? Experts say the price has started to callback

[trends of pharmaceutical network industry] recently, it came out that Chinese herbal medicines such as Ophiopogon japonicus, bitter almond and Coptis also sounded the clarion call of price increase This is the price increase after Banlangen, forsythia, honeysuckle, etc., which has attracted wide attention in the industry However, experts said that at present, the price of medicinal materials has begun to callback In fact, as early as November 2019, the price of traditional Chinese medicine rose in a centralized way, with an increase of 10% - 50%, and the market price of some varieties even doubled According to the data, the price of natural bezoar in 2016 was 90000-100000 yuan / kg In November, 201, the price has increased to about 500000 yuan / kg, which has multiplied several times Since 2020, affected by the epidemic, the price of some Chinese herbal medicines has increased significantly According to the data of traditional Chinese medicine, on February 5, the price of Radix Isatidis rose to 23 yuan / kg from 20 yuan / kg in the previous week, with a 15% increase in the weekly to ring ratio; it was 53.33% higher than 15 yuan / kg in the same period last month At this time in 2019, the traditional Chinese medicine of isatis root is only 8 yuan / kg, up 187.5% year on year On February 5, the average price of the boiled products of Forsythia suspensa was 51.13 yuan / kg, 13.47% on a weekly basis, and 21.41% on a monthly basis In addition, the price of the raw and dried products of Forsythia suspensa, the net products of Forsythia suspensa and the gross products of Forsythia suspensa also increased significantly, among which the weekly basis rose by about 13% and the monthly basis rose by about 20% Industry insiders said that affected by the anti influenza formula, since January this year, Pogostemon, Guanzhong, honeysuckle, Isatis and other varieties have doubled the market, in addition, Zhejiang shellfish, Ophiopogon japonicus, almond and other secondary anti influenza varieties have also started to rise Experts say the price has started to change back For the reason of the sharp rise in the price of raw materials, the rising price of raw materials and the shortage of supply are the main factors On the one hand, affected by the Spring Festival and the epidemic situation, the medicinal materials are facing greater market demand However, many pharmaceutical enterprises are faced with the difficulty of returning to work The labor cost is relatively high In addition, the current logistics cost is also relatively high, which makes the overall price rise On the other hand, due to the large increase in the price of raw materials, the production and operation of many enterprises are also affected However, the industry believes that medicine will not continue to rise According to the new monitoring data of the price of Banlangen in Heilongjiang Province has dropped by 9.8% compared with that on February 12 in Anguo; in addition, in Hehuachi pharmaceutical market, the price of Banlangen in Gansu Province has also dropped by 46.72% compared with that on February 12 At present, many enterprises are calling on the relevant departments to strictly control the anti epidemic products to prevent the phenomenon of price rising too fast The industry said that under the current situation, the relevant departments will certainly strengthen supervision, and after the implementation of the newly revised Drug Management Law and the new pharmacopoeia, because of the need to face high penalties and the requirements of quality improvement, many pharmaceutical companies dare not hoard a lot at all "Now the market is not open to the outside world, even if you have goods in hand, you are not willing to sell them." It is reported that some pharmaceutical manufacturers still insist on not increasing prices to ensure that prices will not rise too seriously For example, Hanguang announced on February 2 that all its shares were sold on a market basis to ensure that industrial companies would not raise their material prices At present, Hanguang group has sold out all the Chinese medicinal materials such as honeysuckle and forsythia, which are in urgent need of raw material inventory However, the relevant person in charge said that because the price of Chinese medicinal materials in the epidemic area fluctuates greatly at present, it is unable to make a direct quotation After organizing to the source of goods, it is also willing to contact the owner of the purchasing enterprise directly without being an intermediary to earn the difference In general, the price of medicinal materials is controlled by policies, regulations and other aspects, and needs to be kept within a reasonable range Experts believe that on the whole, now the anti influenza market has begun to callback