One is the production cost of drugs. The research and development, production and marketing of drugs cost a huge amount of money. The research and development of drugs requires a lot of laboratory research and clinical trials, which cost a lot of human, material and financial resources. At the same time, the production of pharmaceuticals requires the use of high-end equipment and technology, which are also very expensive to invest in. In addition, the production process of pharmaceuticals requires compliance with various laws, regulations and quality standards, which also increases production costs.
The second is the high operating cost of medical organizations
. The operating costs of medical institutions are also one of the reasons for high drug prices. Medical institutions need to pay staff salaries, medical equipment and medical supplies procurement costs, rent, utilities and other various costs, which is passed on to the price of drugs. These costs are especially high for large general hospitals. In addition, medical institutions also need to invest huge sums of money for health epidemiology, medical quality control, etc., which is also part of the operating costs of medical institutions.
Third is the cost of drug circulation
Drugs in the circulation process, but also need to go through various links of intermediaries, such as wholesalers, retailers, agents, etc., each link needs to extract a portion of the profits, and ultimately make the price of drugs remain high.
Fourth, the drug pricing system.
In the domestic drug pricing by the state for uniform regulations, drug prices are 0 difference, but the drug pricing system has deficiencies. First of all, the price adjustment is slow, it often takes several years or even longer to make an adjustment, resulting in price lag.
Secondly, the high cost of research and development and production of medicines, while the prices of medicines are restricted by national policies, has made it difficult to make profits, leading to a lack of market supply for some medicines.
Therefore, in order to reduce the price of drugs, it is necessary to start from several aspects. First, the state should speed up the adjustment of drug prices to ensure that they match production costs.
Secondly, the operating environment of medical institutions needs to be optimized to reduce the operating costs of medical institutions, so as to reduce drug prices. At the same time, there is a need to optimize the circulation of drugs to reduce the profit extraction of intermediate links.
Finally, there is a need to improve the drug pricing system to better balance the relationship between drug prices and R&D and production costs. Only with the efforts of many parties can we really reduce the price of drugs, so that more people can benefit.