Hubei: Multi-measures to do a good job in the supply of epidemic prevention medicine and price supervision

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Allowing drugs to be listed on the market first to ensure supply, encouraging drug retail enterprises to implement antipyretic and analgesic drugs to split and sell in limited quantities, and carrying out special actions to regulate the quality and price of epidemic-related drugs and equipments …… In the past few days, market supervision and drug supervision departments in Hubei Province have taken timely and targeted measures according to the changes in the market situation, in an effort to do a good job in preventing epidemic drugs and equipments It is reported that some of the recent epidemic prevention drugs have been sold in the market.

It is reported that recently, some of the epidemic prevention drugs and medical equipment are in high demand, and a few businesses have fabricated and disseminated price increase information, not in accordance with the provisions of the price tag, not to produce small sales tickets, forced to sell other drugs and other behaviors, disrupting the market price order. In response to changes in the market situation, market supervision departments in Hubei Province in a timely manner to strengthen administrative guidance, price monitoring and law enforcement checks, focusing on offline 100 retail pharmacies, online 12 types of key epidemic prevention drugs a total of 947 samples to carry out continuous tracking price monitoring, requiring business entities to effectively achieve clear price, price self-discipline, fair competition, integrity management. So far, a total of 50 clues of illegal cases have been found, 37 cases have been filed and 22 typical cases have been exposed.

In order to do a good job in promoting the production and supply of anti-epidemic drugs and medical devices, the market supervision department of Hubei Province, together with the pharmaceutical supervision department, has launched eight emergency measures to optimize the approval of administrative licenses, accept the declaration of information, simplify on-site inspection procedures, open emergency inspection channels to promote the production of antigenic reagents, speed up the registration of new protective class medical devices, protect the legitimate rights and interests of market players, and establish emergency production and supply service mechanisms. Increase the support to the epidemic prevention medicine and equipment production enterprises.

In addition, in order to protect the public’s demand for drugs, prevent individuals from blindly hoarding drugs and avoid wasting drugs, the Hubei Provincial Drug Administration issued a notice to encourage drug retail enterprises in the province to implement a limited number of antipyretic and analgesic drug sales. Consumers in pharmacies to buy ibuprofen, acetaminophen tablets and other antipyretic and analgesic drugs, each time the dosage limit does not exceed the corresponding drug instructions in principle 3 days dose.