The third batch of collected medicine landed in Beijing slow disease commonly used drugs the average price fell by half

At present, the public can buy the selected drugs from the city's public medical institutions, military medical institutions, voluntary participation in the medical insurance fixed-point social-run medical institutions.
the proportion of drug reimbursements remains the same when patients use the drug of choice.
that the implementation of the third batch of centralized procurement of selected drugs will save the city about 1 billion yuan a year in procurement costs.
2019, the State Health Insurance Administration has carried out three batches of centralized procurement of drugs organized by the state, and Beijing has implemented them in March 2019, April this year and November this year, respectively.
state-organized centralized procurement of drugs to take the form of volume procurement, volume price linkage, volume-for-price, through competitive procurement to reduce drug prices, reduce the burden of patients' medical expenses.
in terms of drug quality, the selected drugs are based on generic drug quality and efficacy consistent evaluation as the standard, the relevant departments will continue to strictly adhere to the quality of drugs, to ensure that the price of the selected drugs do not reduce quality.
from CCTV News, Beijing Daily