Heilongjiang: Strictly prohibit the use of epidemic prevention and control of the opportunity to raise drug prices

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December 6, Heilongjiang Provincial Administration of Market Supervision issued a reminder caution on the price behavior of drugs and medical devices, requiring the strict implementation of the price indication system. Strictly prohibit the use of epidemic prevention and control of the opportunity to collude with each other, take advantage of the opportunity to increase prices; hoarding, manipulation of market prices; price fraud; fabrication, dissemination of information on price increases, price gouging and other acts.

The caveat requires that we should follow the principles of fairness, legality and honesty and credit, strengthen price self-discipline, and consciously maintain the price order of the drug market; strictly implement the price marking system, and effectively achieve true and accurate price marking, goods and labels in place, eye-catching logo. Through the network and other ways to sell drugs or medical devices, should be through the network page, in text, images and other ways to mark the price; strictly prohibit the use of epidemic prevention and control of the opportunity to collude with each other, take advantage of the opportunity to raise prices; hoarding, manipulation of market prices; price fraud; fabrication, dissemination of information on price increases, price gouging and other acts; shall not sell goods at a markup, shall not charge any unmarked fees, shall not use false or misleading price tactics to entice consumers or other operators to deal with them.

According to reports, market supervision departments at all levels in Heilongjiang Province will be ready to carry out inspections and inspections, operators violate the provisions of the marked price, will be fined up to 5,000 yuan; price fraud, will be fined up to 500,000 yuan; fabricate, spread price information, price inflation, hoarding, promote commodity prices too fast, too high rise in behavior, will be fined up to 3 million yuan; on mutual collusion, manipulation of market prices caused by a relatively large increase in commodity prices, will be fined up to 5 million yuan. The nature of the bad, serious, social impact of the case of large public exposure, recorded in the credit file. Suspected of crime will be promptly transferred to the judicial organs.