Patient purchasing medicine was arrested | 2018 Chinese pharmaceutical import market analysis

Medical Network August 16th, 2018 movie "I am not a drug god" fire, the film prototype Lu Yong was helped by the patient 'purchasing' and was put into the detention center for 135 days. After being exposed by the media, it caused social concern and heated discussion, promoting medical reform. After the screening of the film, Premier Li Keqiang asked the relevant departments to speed up the implementation of anti-cancer drugs to reduce the price and other related measures. However, Lu Yong's experience occurred again, the patient purchasing drugs were criminally detained.

Since 2016, Yan Yiping’s patients who have met in the QQ group have purchased anticancer drugs from Germany, and some patients with advanced liver cancer have continued their lives. On July 25, 2018, Yan Yiping was suspected of selling. Counterfeit medicine The crime was arrested and is now in custody at the Shanghai Detention Center.

In March 2018, at the China Liver Cancer Leadership Forum, some experts pointed out that China is a large country of liver cancer. More than 50% of new and dead liver cancer patients worldwide are in China. The 5-year survival rate of Chinese liver cancer is only 12.5%. It is lower than Japan, South Korea and other countries. Therefore, in the cancer patient group, it is common to purchase anti-cancer drugs that have not been listed in China.

According to the statistics of the China Business Research Institute, China imported medical doctors in May 2018. drug 13,000 tons, 1-5 months China medicine The cumulative import volume of products reached 60,000 tons. In terms of export value, China imported 2739.7 million US dollars of pharmaceuticals in May 2018, down 1.3% year-on-year. The cumulative import value of Chinese pharmaceutical products in January-May was 11532.5 million US dollars.