• The National drug List has been implemented since January 1, 2024, and in order to ensure that national drugs are admitted to hospitals, various localities make arrangements for the landing of national drugs according to provincial arrangements. According to incomplete statistics, as of March 25, there have been 18 provinces to determine the time of the meeting.

• "The pharmaceutical committee of the hospital serves the clinical drug needs, is an important link in the purchase and sale chain of new drugs into the hospital, new drugs into the hospital often have to go through a number of procedures, the current face of national talk medicine landing, in the convening time of the pharmaceutical committee, all localities require 1 to 3 months, and provinces require open at any time necessary, special circumstances can not open, etc. It also shows that the Pharmaceutical committee is gradually no longer the 'obstacle' of new drugs into the hospital, and regular convening of the pharmaceutical committee plays an important role in promoting the landing of new drugs into the hospital." Chen Hao, director of the Drug Policy and Management Research Center of Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, told reporters.

Source: People's Daily Health Client