Since July 2024, 29 provinces (autonomous regions, municipalities) including Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Shanxi, Inner Mongolia, Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, Jiangxi, Shandong, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Chongqing, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Tibet, Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Xinjiang, and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps have successively launched designated pharmacies price comparison mini programs covering the entire province.
People can obtain drug price comparison through the local Medical Insurance Bureau App, WeChat mini program, WeChat official account, Alipay mini program, etc., to realize one-click query of drug prices on mobile phones, real-time comparison and location navigation. At the same time, the price comparison program of designated pharmacies in some provinces also provides related functions such as inventory information display, abnormal price reminders, price trend analysis, etc.
In the next step, the National Health Insurance Administration will continue to guide local governments to accelerate the implementation of the construction of designated pharmacies price comparison mini programs, continuously improve the awareness and use of price comparison mini programs, create a fair and competitive market environment for the retail pharmacies industry, provide the public with more open and transparent drug purchase services, and promote the healthy and orderly development of the drug retail industry.
