www.shcri.com -- At the end of July of 2009, the National Development & Reform Commission of China issued the 'General Office of the National Development & Reform Commission's Notification on the Price Adjustment of Recombinant Hepatitis B Vaccine and Other 13 Kinds of NIP Vaccines'. According to the notification, 14 kinds of NIP vaccines' prices will have a varying degree of adjustments, including 'Recombinant Hepatitis B Vaccine', 'Live Attenuated Polio Vaccine Candy', 'Diphtheria, Tetanus and Pertussis Combined Vaccine, Adsorbed', 'Live Attenuated Measles Vaccine', 'Measles Mumps and Rubella Vaccine Live' and 'Japanese Encephalitis Vaccine, Live'.
Chart Cost Prices of 14 Kinds of NIP Vaccines (tax included)
Serial Number
Adopted Drug Name
Medicament Form
Single-dose Dosage
Cost Price (Unit in USD)
1
Recombinant Hepatitis B Vaccine
Liquid preparation
5ug
0.278
10ug
0.454
20ug
0.571
2
Intradermal injection of BCG
Lyophilized preparation
0.1ml
0.110
3
Live Attenuated Polio Vaccine Candy
Sugar-pill
1 pill
0.078
Live Attenuated Oral Poliomyelitis Vaccine
Liquid preparation
0.1ml
0.142
4
Diphtheria,Tetanus and AcelluIar Pertussis Combined Vaccine,Adsorbed
Liquid preparation
0.5ml
0.498
Diphtheria, Tetanus and Pertussis Combined Vaccine, Adsorbed
Liquid preparation
0.5ml
0.041
5
Diphtheria and Tetanus Combined Vaccine, Adsorbed
Liquid preparation
0.5ml
0.047
6
Live Attenuated Measles Vaccine
Lyophilized preparation
0.5ml
0.161
7
Measles Mumps and Rubella Vaccine Live
Lyophilized preparation
0.5ml
3.045
Measles and Rubella Combined Attenuated Live Vaccine, MR
Lyophilized preparation
0.5ml
0.849
Measles and Mumps Combined Vaccine,Live
Lyophilized preparation
0.5ml
0.820
8
Japanese Encephalitis Vaccine,Live
Lyophilized preparation
0.5ml
1.054
Liquid preparation
0.5ml
0.952
Inactivated Japanese Encephalitis Vaccine (Inactivated JE Vaccine)
Lyophilized preparation
0.5ml
1.054
9
Group A Meningococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine
Lyophilized preparation
30ug
0.102
10
Group A & Group C Meningococcal Glycoconjugate Vaccine
Lyophilized preparation
10ug
1.537
Meningococcal Group A&C Meningococcal Polysaccharide Conjugate Vaccine
Lyophilized preparation
100ug
0.512
11
Attenuated Hepatitis A Vaccine,Live
Lyophilized preparation
1ml
2.855
Inactivated Hepatitis A Vaccine
Liquid preparation
0.5ml
4.700
12
Bivalent Purified Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome Vaccine
Liquid preparation
1ml
1.245
13
Anthrax?Vaccine?(Live)?for?Percutaneous?Scarification
0.05ml
2.240
14
Leptospirosis Vaccine
Liquid preparation
0.5ml
0.073
In May of 2009, the National Development and Reform Commission of China held a charrette on planning the price reform of immune drugs. In July, it published the notification on declining drug prices, adjusting prices of14 kinds of immunization program vaccines.
Generally, high-price vaccines have a price reduction and low-price vaccines have a rising price. High-price products like Measles Mumps& Rubella Vaccine Live and Measles & Rubella Combined Vaccine (MR) have a price reduction of 35% and 47%. The prices of low-price vaccines like Live Attenuated Polio Vaccine Candy and Group A Meningococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine rise by 112% and 40% respectively.
The price adjustment measure will have a great impact on enterprises manufacturing a large proportion of these vaccines.
This time, the National Development and Reform Commission of China adjusts prices of NIP vaccines in the situation of new Chinese medical reform. By administrative means, the government reduces profits of pharmaceutical producing enterprises, as well as the costs that are used by the government to improve the public health service.
Chinese government might enlarge the scope to reduce prices of government purchasing drugs. After all, in the current industrial environment, the government bears some pressure on paying for the medical reform. Transferring partial reform costs to manufacture enterprises might be a choice for the government. In the future, prices of medical products with high homogenization and low added values are expected to be reduced more obviously. A new round of drug price cuts based on the survey of drug costs will come.
Source: China Research and Intelligence
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