25 types of medical consumables for centralized procurement, favorable for domestic substitution!
On September 2, 2023, the Henan Medical Healthcare Security Bureau issued a document, and the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region officially joined the inter-provincial Alliance of general intervention and neurosurgery medical consumables, and released four batches documents on centralized purchased of medical consumables, involving 25 categories of medical consumables.
# Expansion of procurement scope: Inner Mongolia joined the inter-provincial alliance
On September 2, 2023, the Henan Medical Healthcare Security Bureau issued the Announcement on the Procurement of General Intervention and Neurosurgery medical consumables Interprovincial Alliance (IV)”, announcing that the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region officially joined the General intervention and neurosurgery medical consumables interprovincial alliance.
The participation of Inner Mongolia makes the coverage of neurosurgery and general interventional medical consumables alliance broader, including Henan, Shanxi, Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang, Anhui, Jiangxi, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Tibet, Qinghai, Ningxia, Xinjiang, Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, Fujian, Hubei and other 20 provinces (autonomous regions and corps).
It is worth noting that the Henan Medical Healthcare Security Bureau also issued four consumables procurement documents at the same time, respectively:
Procurement Document for Medical Consumables such as Central Venous Catheters by the Provincial Alliance in Volume
Procurement Document for Medical Consumables such as Angiographic Catheters by the Provincial Alliance in Volume
Procurement Document for Medical Consumables such as Skull Locks by the Provincial Alliance in Volume
Procurement Document for Medical Consumables such as Aneurysm Clips by the Provincial Alliance in Volume
This news means that the coverage of the two major inter-provincial alliances has further expanded, and the centralized purchase of general interventional and neurosurgical medical consumables has steadily advanced.
# Amazing scale of centralized purchase: 25 categories of consumables, covering 21 provinces and regions across the country
At present, the neurosurgery centralized purchase alliance covers 21 provinces and regions, and the procurement varieties include skull locks, skull nets, skull connecting pieces, skull cover holes and other 13 categories of consumables.
Neurosurgery type centralized purchase varieties: skull lock, skull mesh, skull connecting plate, skull cap plate, skull pin, fixed pressure ventriculoperitoneal shunt system, adjustable pressure ventriculoperitoneal shunt system, fixed pressure lumbosacral abdominal shunt system, adjustable lumbosacral abdominal shunt system, simple external ventricular drainage system, external ventricular drainage system with pressure measurement device, lumbar external drainage system, aneurysm clip.
General intervention type centralized procurement varieties：Central venous catheter and midline catheter, infusion port, angiographic catheter, angiographic guide wire, vascular sheath, vascular hemostatic device, arrester, triple tee, ring syringe, Y joint, pressure extension tube.
#Stimulating domestic substitution: the market may be reshuffled
At this stage, the domestic production rate of neurosurgical consumables is low, and the market is dominated by foreign brands such as Medtronic and Stryker. With the promotion of super alliance centralized purchase, the relevant market will be reshuffled in the future, and domestic substitution is also expected to enter the fast lane.
The procurement catalog includes a number of consumable categories with relatively high imports and insufficient market competition, and the final price reduction may be relatively moderate. The procurement catalog includes a number of consumable categories with relatively high imports and insufficient market competition, and the final price reduction may be relatively moderate. However, there are also a number of consumables that have not yet carried out large-scale centralized purchase, including imaging guide wire, vascular sheath, etc., which are key pharmaceutical consumables that rank high in the 2022 medical healthcare security settlement costs, which may lead to fierce price competition.
Although this news is optimistic about the domestic alternative situation, the change in the current market pattern remains to be further watched. However, in any case, the large-scale centralized purchase initiative will help promote a more fair and competitive medical consumables market and provide better choices for patients.
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Source：Device Market
Translated & edited ： Bradyknows
