The national high-value medical consumables joint procurement office released a set of guiding opinions on the national high-value medical consumables volume-based procurement (VBP), publishing the filing invitation and procurement volume for orthopedic spine medical consumable products. The VBP round will include anterior cervical screw plates, posterior cervical screw rods, posterior thoracolumbar spine minimally invasive screw rods, and 14 other product systems based on surgery type, surgical site, approach, and other factors. Winning manufacturers will be determined via a grouped bidding method. The document also imposes a price ceiling on every product category.
Filing Manufacturers
Among the filing manufacturers are multinational companies such as Johnson & Johnson, Medtronic, Stryker, and Zimmer, as well as domestic firms including Weigao Orthopedic, Double Medical, Sanyou Medical, and Mindray Bio. Weigao enjoys the largest procurement volume for the anterior cervical screw fixation and fusion system, cervical posterior screw fixation system, thoracolumbar anterior screw fixation and fusion system, thoracolumbar posterior open screw fixation and fusion system, and thoracolumbar posterior minimally invasive screw fixation and fusion system.-Fineline Info & Tech
