Chinese herbal medicine prices hit who

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- our correspondent cui fang -

After the 1988, 1992 and 2003, so far in 2009, after the fourth round of Chinese herbal medicine price not only became strong enough, and in the year to may still not showing the prince: mad started to participate, triple climb steep slope of notoginseng, the honeysuckle... Rising tide of Chinese medicinal materials price not only run won the CPI, more let industrial chain each related party "broadcast nearly eviscerated" --

The Chinese Internet information in attention, it seemed, starting in 2009, "rise" word became Chinese information center of Chinese medicine association of Chinese Internet acmilan.com and hot words, this website recent reports on the heat more top.

Monitoring data shows, 2010, the national market 537 kind of Chinese herbal medicine in an average increase in price, with 84% of 109%, or super 100% 96 species of. Since entering 2011, more and more is not optimistic. In April this year compared with last April, monitoring of Chinese herbal medicine, a resettlement 399 cultivars prices, accounting for 74%. Among them, the root-stock, fruit seed benevolence class, full grasses, bark classes and TengMu breeds presents general goes up phenomenon. Look from the mark-up distribution, or in 21% to 50% of the medicinal material variety are most, da 154 total number of varieties, the 39% rise; Rose more than 100% have 57 varieties, the total price varieties 14.3 percent; Individual varieties increase even more than 400%.

Analysis of the personage inside course of the big, rise, this is the long duration of nearly ten years, the most.

A concern of the industry of Chinese medicine senior securities analysts say: "if go up again on the sustainable development of traditional Chinese medicine industry, will be faced with daunting challenges."

High cost of treating patients

Fears no cheap medicine can buy

As the industry of Chinese medicine, Chinese patients with terminal to the sensitivity and reaction price most directly.

"We are seeing here. But most medicare patients carefully old patient or will find, ask price." Beijing some 3 armour hospital of traditional Chinese medical staff told reporters, whether Chinese medicine yinpian, proprietary Chinese medicines or hospital preparations can into medicare reimbursement for medicare patients, so Chinese can afford the prices. And for floating population speaking, Chinese medicine prices have pain.

"Before falling ill is to catch some medicine hospital. Although decoction trouble, but cheap, curative effect is good. But recently, because of their fire and to open a prescription, boy, fast a price $100. I had to buy medicine, first endure it." Just graduated from the university of henan book youth small fan and friends for a program for houses intermediary agencies, the doctor about your recent experience, he a little embarrassed to tell reporters: "I have no health insurance, bought medicine, costs will have to carry."

Compared with the traditional Chinese medicines into ready-to-use forms seven national development and reform commission, proprietary Chinese medicine prices due to limit remains within a certain range. "But as our calculation, with the present Chinese herbal medicine raw material price, many proprietary Chinese medicine especially basic drugs have profit very low risk." even face hangs upside down Beijing university of Chinese medicine hospital affiliated dongzhimen YanJun worry that, if an doctor surer than, manufacturers may interpret cheap medicine supply, further aggravating patient doctor burden.

Small hospital insurance characteristic difficult

Doctors were asked to open western medicine

"Since the basic drugs in 2010, proprietary Chinese medicine supply is tight items, proprietary Chinese medicine raw materials and price the risk of a float, appear likely outages." Chinese medical academy director of pharmacy department WangLiXia gate hospital that relative to the gate with such as national famous doctors, hospitals large hospital of traditional name families, small hospital of traditional "days may be even more sad".

Related principals of shandong jining city hospital pharmacy department ChenCui beauty told the media, along with the Chinese herbal medicine prices, rising to their doppler patients were obviously reduced.

Not only so, many doctors reflect, many patients, although it is western medicine but require open. "A lot of patients just live in hospital near to us before. For some common ailment, they care about is spend less money, more quickly willfavor. Due to open Chinese medicine yinpian doesn't come cheap, how much they would rather choose taking more convenient western medicine." A TCM hospital doctor told reporters at the county level, so that the traditional medicine hospital treats for people using traditional green drugs etc, it is difficult to get play features.

YanJun also says, he is concerned, although the traditional Chinese medicines into ready-to-use forms an than western medicine and a certain price advantage, but this advantage is not as previous obvious.

Medicine enterprises "hold very hard"

Or usher in industry reshuffle

National bureau of statistics has released pharmaceutical manufacturing January ~ 3 months industry data shows, Chinese medicine yinpian, fastest-growing enterprise's income from January to march year-on-year growth, 54.95% than last January to November dissemination. Rise Some scholars believe that the rise in the Chinese herbal medicine, Chinese medicine yinpian enterprise agitation is benefited party.

"We are engaged in manufacture enterprise hold very hard." Guangxi wuzhou zhongheng group Co., LTD. XuShuQing said, chairman of the enterprise, production basic medicines face all prices "very injured herbs.

"Now up badly of notoginseng, honeysuckle etc is the main raw material production basic drugs, so our cost is' boom. But the country for" a public medical institution used basic drugs, the bid for the purchase JiaDiZhe." XuShuQing analysis, in this case, the medicine enterprises if not desperately, will lose bid to demand a major market. But the price is too low, it also faces when the cost down or outages risk.

Facing this situation, several large PuYao production director told reporters, they can now only basic drugs with the basic drugs to subsidize the profitable products production, the way by playing one-two barely scraping by. But this is not a long-term strategy, if price momentum don't reduce, supply are hard to maintain, some illegal manufacturers may even have to JiaLie medicine sucks.

Whether fronts or illegal business carry not investigated, produced by the in henan wan west pharmaceutical Co., LTD ChangSunYaoZhi opinion, director of the big proprietary Chinese medicine production enterprise already inevitable, ShanYu reshuffle to come.

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Medicinal material planting mystifying

From tianjin news shows, because of medicinal materials "almost one day a price son", the price of the unknown, many pharmacies expected rise in stock are fixed in warehouse small species. In some parts of the pharmacy, taizi participation, safflower forsythia, notoginseng, such as the Chinese herbal medicine, obvious increase appeared different degrees of goods-stopping phenomenon.

Guangdong guangzhou qingping medicine market sourcing expert also said prices counted by the day of prince who participate as let the "witch shares" creeps, now he has already feel hesitate to "add storehouse", "in case it on hand?"

And Chinese medicine association, director of Chinese market professional committee ZhouLei worry is that general medicine had at least two years of growth cycle. Now the price of Chinese herbal medicine, will cause YaoNong high YiHongErShang, aiming to individual varieties harvest season appear medicine base injury farmers problems.

"Although it's overall should be in short supply, Chinese but specific breed of supply and demand information and no national long-term monitoring and warning mechanism, even we have yet to find general medicine resources." ZhouLei said, in this case, YaoNong see prices actually is mystifying, rushed production will face some risk.