Drug prices fell, antibiotics dropped by up to 61.5%

On November 25, the Guangdong Provincial Price Bureau drafted a price plan for new pricing items listed in the Provincial Government Pricing Catalog and for some drugs that had previously published prices. Of these, 173 drugs had their price cuts, with an average drop of 19%. Antibiotic drugs had a larger price cut, and the biggest price cuts exceeded 60%.

The prices of drugs formulated for this adjustment are mainly based on the principle of national drug price review. The prices of publicly-reported drugs involved a total of 93 varieties and 248 items, which were mainly included in the prices of some medicines that were not included in the pricing or published price of the “Guangdong Provincial Government Pricing Drugs Catalogue (2011 Edition)”.

After review, it was found that of the 248 drugs, 40 were kept at the current price; 14 were price-raising drugs, which were mainly due to the increase in raw material prices and the improvement of quality standards; and 173 were price-cutting drugs, with an average decrease of 19%. Among them, the prices of antibiotics and other drugs have fallen by a large margin. For example, 24 tablets of methacycline were reduced from the original 26.6 yuan to 10.2 yuan per capsule, a decrease of 61.5%; 2 grams of ceftiothiophene injections were reduced from the original 41.4 yuan. 27.8 yuan, a decrease of 32.8%.

Relevant personnel said: "This time, the drugs that are intended to lower prices are more radiant, but the average decline is milder. They have not broken through the 'prefix', and some are just scratching their heads. Only antibiotics have been hit, but there are indeed no There is a lot of room for reducing the price of small products.” He believes that appropriate reductions in the prices of medicines mean that the profit margins are reduced, and hospitals can profit from or reduce them, and they can evade the emergence of some “interest prescriptions” to some extent.

Dr. Ying Li, Department of Reproductive Health and Infertility at Renai Hospital in Guangzhou, said, “With the introduction of the national 'Limiting Order', the doctor’s authority on the use of antibiotics has been clarified, and abuse has been effectively contained, but it is not necessarily reasonable. The scope of medication.” She said that many doctors arguing for maximum exemption from self-protection or habitual medications, with a lot of expensive antibiotics on hand, a variety of means of monitoring antibiotics is of great practical significance.