"Five in one" centralized purchase and drug price reduction

Source: Sichuan Daily July 27, 2016 our reporter (reporter Shi Xiaohong) learned from Sichuan Provincial Health and Family Planning Commission on July 25 that the centralized online procurement plan for in vitro diagnostic reagents in Sichuan Province has been completed and will be formally online purchased in August So far, Sichuan Province has taken the lead in implementing a new five in one mode of centralized procurement of basic drugs, medical consumables, instruments and equipment, class II vaccines and in vitro diagnostic reagents It is understood that at present, the centralized procurement of the second batch of basic drugs in two envelope bidding is progressing smoothly, the types of high-value medical consumables sunshine procurement continue to expand, and there will be 10 categories with a total of about 50000 products hanging on the net throughout the year; the purchase price of instruments and equipment in various medical institutions has declined significantly; after the centralized procurement of class II vaccines hanging on the net, all parties have a good response The false high price of drugs is one of the important reasons for "expensive medical treatment" In the new round of medical reform, our province strives to solve the problem of inflated drug prices, so that the masses can get real benefits In 2011, after the implementation of the basic drug system in our province, we carried out a two envelope bidding for basic drugs based on the province, adhered to the principle of "quality first, reasonable price", and finally published a total of 1320 product specifications for the procurement catalogue, 871 product specifications for the winning drugs, with an overall price reduction of 50.07% At the same time, Sichuan Province has established an online procurement and distribution mechanism The basic drugs are purchased by the basic medical and health institutions run by the government through the central procurement and trading platform, and are distributed directly by the winning enterprises or entrusted by the pharmaceutical trading enterprises that have obtained the qualification of basic drug distribution in Sichuan Province At present, the online purchase rate of primary medical and health institutions is 99.03%, and the delivery rate in two days is 92.41%, which effectively avoids the situation that primary medical and health institutions have no medicine available By improving the new mechanism of centralized drug purchase supervision, our province further standardizes the drug response mechanism, and timely checks and handles all kinds of complaints Set up a special line to strengthen the supervision of drug enterprises, urge enterprises to supply drugs in time and in sufficient quantities, and improve the online drug coordination and supply guarantee mechanism Some drugs, especially those used in severe tumors, have good curative effect, but the price is too high, and patients bear a huge economic burden In view of this situation, on the premise of meeting the national regulations, our province has adopted the anti-tumor drugs with high price and social concern as the first batch of dual envelope bidding and negotiation (price negotiation) drugs, 219 products of 10 varieties have been included in the first batch of bidding scope, and the opening of the bid was completed at the end of last year, making the price reduction of these drugs reach 38%, effectively reducing the burden of severe patients In order to standardize the procurement of class II vaccines and ensure the safety of drug use for the masses, in March this year, our province took the lead in launching the procurement of class II vaccine online sunshine The first batch of online vaccine catalog has 29 specifications Our province has also issued the implementation plan for centralized online shopping of high-value medical consumables for medical institutions in Sichuan Province (for Trial Implementation), which includes 10 categories and 32 sub categories of products into the scope of application for online shopping At the same time, the "one main and three supporting" sunshine procurement supervision method was introduced to standardize the whole process of centralized procurement For sunshine purchase of medical institutions, the credit assessment system shall be implemented, which shall be published every month and assessed at the end of the year, and the assessment results shall be included in the objective management of health administrative departments at all levels; the management of bad records of medical consumables production and distribution enterprises shall be implemented, commercial bribery, fraud and other behaviors shall be included in the bad records and the qualification of network hanging shall be cancelled The formulation and implementation of a series of measures effectively reduced the burden of the masses on drugs and medical consumables.