Datong, Shanxi: to protect the supply of epidemic prevention drugs, and crack down on price gouging

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The reporter learned from the propaganda department of Datong City, Shanxi Province on the 27th, from December 20, Shanxi Datong officials put 2.6 million fever-reducing drugs on the market every day, and the pharmaceutical companies stepped up production to ensure the supply of anti-epidemic drugs. During this period, the city’s market supervision departments at all levels cracked down on unlawful acts such as price gouging of drugs.

In the production workshop of Shanxi Tongda Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd, 2 production lines were running at full capacity, and bottles of anti-epidemic drugs were packed and boxed after passing inspection.

“Previously, the same up to the main drug to go to the pain tablets, cimetidine, compound Toungold ephedrine theophylline tablets, although it has been producing ibuprofen, but the output is not large, recently, with the surge in demand for ibuprofen market, the enterprise stopped the production of other varieties of drugs, to protect the production of ibuprofen and other antipyretic drugs.” The enterprise in charge of Song Geng said, at present, the company has more than 120 production posts, the implementation of “two shifts” system, the production line almost 24 hours operation, production workers eat and live in the factory.

Ltd., Shanxi Guorun Pharmaceutical Co., Shanxi Good Doctor Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. and Shanxi Shuangyan Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. and other local pharmaceutical enterprises to increase the production and supply of antipyretic drugs, to protect ibuprofen tablets, acetaminophen granules, pediatric aminophen Huangamin granules, compound aminophen alkylamine capsules and other drugs to supply the market in sufficient quantities every day, the enterprise daily supply of antipyretic drugs up to 2.6 million capsules per day.

From the production of antipyretic drugs to the market, distribution is one of the most important aspects in terms of timeliness. As a “hub station” for the distribution of antipyretic drugs, Datong Branch of Sinopharm Holdings Shanxi Co., Ltd. is a municipal pharmaceutical material reserve enterprise in Datong, which is responsible for the daily supply of drugs to medical institutions and retail pharmacy chains in Datong, as well as the guarantee of medical materials in public health emergencies.

“In response to the instruction to ensure the supply of antipyretic drugs put on the market in all districts and counties in the city, the company sets up special distribution programs and fully cooperates with the government to guarantee the timely, safe and continuous supply of medicines urgently needed by the public.” Li Jianfei, general manager of Sinopharm Holding Datong, introduced that the company, in accordance with the requirements, first let the trucks loaded with boxes of antipyretic drugs depart according to the planning route to ensure that they are delivered to the four districts and six counties of Datong city before noon every day.

On the morning of December 24, in front of the office building of Science and Industry Bureau in Pingcheng District, Datong City, staff members were taking inventory of the antipyretic drugs delivered by Sinopharm Holding Datong. “Pingcheng District distributes drugs free of charge according to the proportion of the population, and the daily average of antipyretic drugs put in reaches 1 million.” The person in charge of the Bureau of Science and Industry of Pingcheng District, Datong City, the distribution of antipyretic drugs distributed to the 18 streets in the district, and then distributed by the streets to the community, the relevant staff according to the daily number of drugs and demand, in accordance with the “fixed, limited, split zero” way to distribute drugs, free of charge, to solve the urgent needs of families in need of drugs.

In order to fully regulate the management of drugs during the epidemic prevention and control period and purify the order of the drug market, the Datong Municipal Market Supervision Bureau recently issued a notice to crack down on illegal acts involving epidemic prevention and control drugs according to the law.

The Datong Municipal Market Supervision Bureau requires the pharmaceutical enterprises in the city to sell epidemic prevention drugs with clear codes and prices, and not to sell them with markups beyond the marked prices; not to take the opportunity of epidemic prevention and control to raise the sales prices of drugs significantly, and strictly control the price difference between purchase and sale within a reasonable range; not to hoard, inflate prices, force tying, profiteer and fabricate and disseminate price increase information; not to collude with each other and manipulate market prices to harm consumers The legitimate rights and interests of consumers.

It is understood that, at present, the market supervision departments at all levels in Datong City have continued to increase the whole chain of drug supervision and enforcement efforts, to maintain a high pressure to combat illegal acts, and seriously investigate and deal with the illegal acts of disrupting the market order on the occasion of epidemic prevention and control. Found that there are violations of the law, resolutely to be investigated and punished; suspected criminal offences, resolutely transferred to the public security organs for criminal responsibility. (End)