Sichuan basic drug bid prices dropped by 54%

The reporter learned from the Sichuan Provincial Medical Reform Office on the 5th that, in the centralized bidding for the first batch of basic medicines implemented in Sichuan Province, 584 varieties became the first batch of winning bids. Compared with the national retail price, the overall price reduction rate reached 54%. The high quality and low price of the winning bidder will benefit the people.

According to the person in charge of the Sichuan Provincial Medical Reform Office, the tender has achieved two full coverage, covering the provincial government's primary health care institutions, covering the country's essential drugs and the province's list of supplementary drugs. Tendering adopts the "double envelope" system. Enterprises also bid for economic and technical standards and commercial bids to effectively prevent string biding. On the basis of the examination and approval of the economic and technical standards, in accordance with the principle of low-price bids, the business bids will be evaluated. In principle, the bidder with the lowest bid will win the bid, thereby lowering the price of drugs. For products suspected of being low-priced and malicious bid winners, organize experts to conduct cost analysis and cancel the qualification for winning four malicious low-price tender products. In addition, measures such as classified procurement, single source procurement, setting price scale, phased assessment, etc., adopted in the bidding ensure that the winning bidder has high quality and low price, and benefits the people.