A study of legal framework of national drug price negotiations in China
10.3969/j.issn.1674-2982.2017.06.004
- VernacularTitle:国家药品价格谈判的法律规范框架研究
- Author:
Ying LIU
;
Jian YANG
- Keywords:
Drug price;
Price negotiation;
Legal framework
- From:
Chinese Journal of Health Policy
2017;10(6):20-24
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
The accessibility of drugs is the fundamental condition for achieving the universal health care, and price is the important factor of accessibility.It is essential to have a national price negotiations mechanism for the patented drugs and for exclusive production of drugs.As for the regular works, the national price negotiations mechanism should be ruled by law, while rules and regulations should be formulated accordingly.This paper discusses the specific content and the clarification of the legislative principle of legal framework for the negotiations, main roles, and selection of objects, procedure, results and application of the negotiations.It also analyses the existing problems are analyzed, and put forward the future legislation and corresponding rules.
