Volume-Based Purchasing Looms Larger In Post-Coronavirus China
Big Price Cuts In New Round
Executive Summary
China's centralized procurement scheme, if further expanded after causing the prices of 32 drugs to be cut by more than half in the latest round, will leave companies no room to breathe easy amid the already devastating coronavirus outbreak, analysts say.
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