NHC Proposes Updates to Access Standards for Class A and B Medical Equipment
The National Healthcare Commission (NHC) has released two proposed updates to the Access Standards for...
Policy / Regulatory
Round 8 VBP Tender Results: RMB 3.775 Billion Awarded Across 152 Manufacturers
The official results of Round 8 of China’s national Volume-Based Procurement (VBP) tender program have...
Hubei Implements Inter-Provincial VBP Tender Results for Pacemakers
The Hubei provincial Drug and Instrument Procurement Platform has issued a notice regarding the implementation...
NHC Report: Performance Assessment of National Class 2 Public Hospitals in 2021
The National Health Commission (NHC) has released the “Report on the National Monitoring and Analysis...
Hebei Leads Sanming Alliance in Launching 8th VBP for 19 Medical Consumables
The Hebei medical drug and device centralized procurement center has announced the start of the...
FDA Issues Complete Response Letters to Six Novel Drugs in Q1 2023
According to an analysis, the US FDA issued complete response letters (CRLs) to six novel...
Henan Province Sees 53.6% Price Reduction in Neuro and Peripheral Intervention Consumables Tender
The Henan Province Public Resources Trading Center has released a notification regarding the completion of...
Indonesia and China Deepen Healthcare Ties with High-Level Dialogue and New Agreements
Indonesia’s deputy minister of health, Dante Saksono Harbuwono, visited China last week as part of...
Shanxi Province Begins Historical Procurement Data Collection for Pacemaker VBP Round
In preparation for a volume-based procurement (VBP) round, Shanxi province has initiated the gathering of...
Fujian Healthcare Security Bureau Updates Sunshine Procurement Mechanism for Drugs
The Fujian Provincial Healthcare Security Bureau has released the Notice on Adjusting and Improving the...
China’s Provincial Governments Implement Second Batch of National Drug Use Monitoring Policy
In line with a notification issued by the National Health Commission (NHC) in January, provincial...
Provincial Budgets Highlight Top Earning Hospitals in China for 2023
Provincial governments have revealed the budget for provincial hospitals’ expected income during 2023, offering a...
Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Alliance Completes VBP Tender for Coronary Intervention Devices with 78.29% Price Cut
The Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei “3+N” allied region has completed a volume-based procurement (VBP) tender for coronary catheters,...
CDE Launches Guidelines to Expedite Pediatric and Rare Disease Drug Reviews
The Center for Drug Evaluation (CDE) has unveiled a new set of “Work Specifications to...
Round 8 VBP Tender Results Announced with RMB 21.6 Billion Market
The National Allied Procurement Office has issued an initial notification upon the completion of Round...
China’s NHSA Introduces Tiered Pricing for COVID-19 Therapies: A, B, and C Categories
The National Healthcare Security Administration (NHSA) has issued a Notification concerning the improvement of the...
NMPA Introduces Procedures to Adjust Chemical Generic Reference Preparations
The National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) has released a document outlining procedures for the adjustment...
National ADR Monitoring Report Highlights Oncology Drugs and Elderly Patient Safety
The National Center for ADR Monitoring has published its “National Adverse Drug Reaction Monitoring Annual...
China’s New Internet Advertising Regulations Impact Pharmaceutical Sector
The State Administration for Market Regulation has released the latest version of the “Measures for...
CDE Launches Technical Guidelines for Pediatric Anti-tumor Drug Development
The Center for Drug Evaluation (CDE) has released a set of Technical Guidelines focused on...