A study of legal framework of national drug price negotiations in China / 中国卫生政策研究

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.