The State Council Information Office held a press conference to introduce the mechanism for the comprehensive price formation of drugs in all cycles, channels, and fields.

Recently, the General Office of the State Council issued the "Several Opinions on Improving the Drug Price Formation Mechanism". This morning, the State Council Information Office held a regular policy briefing. Shi Zihai, Deputy Director of the National Medical Insurance Administration, introduced that in order to further promote the reasonable formation of drug prices, strengthen drug price supervision, and support innovation and development in the pharmaceutical industry, the General Office of the State Council recently issued the "Several Opinions on Improving the Drug Price Formation Mechanism". The "Opinions" adhere to the development ideology centered on the people, fully play the decisive role of the market in resource allocation, better play the role of the government, improve the market-oriented drug price formation mechanism, support high-quality development of the pharmaceutical industry, and ensure that the people can obtain affordable and quality drugs. In general, the key is to adhere to the combination of an effective market and an active government, provide support where needed, ensure protection where necessary, and governance where required. It puts forward a series of reform measures from a full-cycle, all-channel, and all-field perspective.