Five Major Medical Consumables Included in Public Hospital Group Procurement Initiative

The consumables procurement model continues to innovate.

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5Category Supplies Launch Information Maintenance

Will group purchasing continue to expand?

12Month25Day,The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine 、The Second Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University、Zhejiang Tongde Hospital、The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University、The Third Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University、Stomatological Hospital of Zhejiang University School of MedicineJointly Released "Notice on the Centralized Maintenance of Information for Medical Consumables Such as Flow-Diverter Stents》。

"The Notice" points out,According to the spirit of the Notice of the Office of Zhejiang Provincial Medical Security Bureau on Issuing the Pilot Work Plan for Group Procurement of Provincial Public Medical Institutions in Zhejiang Province (Zhejiang Medical Insurance Office [2025] No. 32),Led by the Zhejiang Provincial Medical Security Bureau and organized by provincial public medical institutions, centralized maintenance work for medical consumables information is being carried out for flow-diverting stents, hemodialyzers, hemostatic materials, intradermal needles (press needles), and root canal files (nickel-titanium).。

Product Scope:

Product Centralized Maintenance TimeFor2025Year12Month25Day9:00To2026Year1Month15Day17:00。

This Year4In the month, Zhejiang Medical Insurance Bureau released "Zhejiang Provincial Medical Security BureauZhejiang Provincial Health CommissionNotice on Further Strengthening the Whole-process Management of Centralized Volume-based Pharmaceutical Procurement." It was pointed out that,Promote the procurement of drugs and medical consumables not included in the centralized bulk procurement scope through forms such as joint procurement by specialty hospitals, procurement by medical consortia, and procurement alliances voluntarily formed, and guide provincial medical institutions and Hangzhou City and Ningbo City to carry out pilot projects first.。

As of now, there have beenVacuum blood collection tubes, blood glucose test strips, peracetic acid, medical disinfectant hand sanitizer、Blood Glucose Test Strips(Point-of-Care TestingPOCT), Influenza A and B Virus Antigen Test Reagents, Mycoplasma PneumoniaeIgMAntibody Detection Reagent、Ureteral Stent, Cervical Dilation Balloon, Microwave Ablation Electrode(Needle, Scalpel)Coronary Artery Cutting/Score/Spinous Process/Mastoid Balloon、Integrated Reusable Hemostatic Clips, Disposable Biopsy Forceps, Circumcision Staplers(Including Circumcision Device)、Neurointerventional Access Catheter, Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter(PICC), Infusion Port, Heavy Water for Ophthalmic SurgeryAnd many other products have come into the procurement team's view.

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Multi-mode Procurement

Acceleration of Consumables Price Reduction

Since the beginning of this year, the volume-based procurement of consumables has continued to expand.

The Sixth Batch of National Medical Consumables ProcurementSelectedDrug-Coated Balloons, Urological Interventional Medical Consumables, has recently released the official procurement documents. According to statistics from Guojin Securities,Coronary Drug-Coated BalloonField，Yinyi Biotech、Lepu Medical、Shenqi MedicalThe top three in terms of annual demand volume account for a total of48%Peripheral Drug-Coated BalloonField,The first three Chinese manufacturers, acotec, Guiyang Tongqiao, and Shanghai MicroPort CardioFlow, dominate the market.Share of71%。Overall,The reported quantity results are in line with expectations.The localization rate of major varieties is relatively high.

In addition, the sixth batch of national procurement allows multiple rounds of bidding, which enhances the predictability for enterprises.

Large-scale Inter-provincial Alliance Centralized ProcurementAspect, this yearCoronary Intervention Balloon、High-frequency electrosurgical unit, neutral electrode type medical consumables、Sutures, Syringes (with needles), Infusion pumps, Oxygen tubes, Vacuum Blood Collection Tube (with Venous Blood Sample Collection Needle)、Structural Heart Disease Occluder、Ureteral Stent, many consumables such as TCM needles have been included, among which new faces of centralized procurement have also appeared.

At the local level, various procurement methods are being used to accelerate the reduction of consumable prices.

Zhejiang Medical Insurance Bureau Released This YearNotice of the Office of Zhejiang Provincial Medical Security Bureau on Issuing the Pilot Work Plan for Group Procurement of Provincial Public Medical Institutions in Zhejiang Province，Promote Group Purchasing in Public Medical Institutions。

Jiangxi Promotes Price Reduction for Non-Centralized Procurement Varieties through Volume-Based Coordination.

This Year9In the month, the Yichun Medical Insurance Bureau of Jiangxi Province released the "Work Plan for Volume-based Price Linkage Procurement of Medical Consumables in Jiangxi Province." It was clearly stated that,For those varieties that have been selected in the centralized bulk procurement results of inter-provincial alliances or provincial alliances (including municipal alliances executed across the province), but not yet procured in bulk by Jiangxi Province, a linkage procurement will be carried out based on the bulk procurement price.。

First Batch LinkageConsumables in Total33Category, mainly tracking the linkage of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei“3+N”Alliance28Consumables centralized procurement, continuation procurement of Hebei and some alliance consumables, the ninth category of consumables alliance procurement such as Guangdong disposable intravenous indwelling needles, Liaoning inter-provincial alliance needle-free connectors, etc.6Category-based procurement of medical consumables, as well as procurement projects in Henan, Yunnan, Anhui and other regions.

FujianMeanwhile, the reform of centralized procurement for ordinary consumables is being advanced.

Fujian Medical Insurance BureauThis Year2Issued in2025The Notice on the Key Points of Medical Security Work in the Province for the Year" clearly states,“Vigorously promote the reform of centralized procurement of general consumables at the prefecture-level cities. In principle, each qualified city should undertake at least...1Xiangpu Consumption Provincial Alliance Centralized Procurement Task”。According to observations, Zhangzhou, Xiamen, Ningde, Nanping, Zhangzhou, Quanzhou, Putian, Longyan, and Sanming in Fujian have allCarry Out Relevant Work, mainly purchasing low-value consumables.

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