Why is domestic febuxostat more expensive than imported one?

1, national medical policy

The government pricing of drugs was cancelled, and the actual transaction price of drugs was formed by market competition through medical insurance control fees and bidding procurement.

2. The interest chain involved is very complicated.

As far as the whole country is concerned, a drug is made by a manufacturer, first going to the distributor (some have secondary distributors) and then going to the terminal (pharmacy or hospital pharmacy). Moreover, the scope of drug sales is wide, and it depends on whether your drug can enter the list of essential drugs, whether you have exclusive pricing power and other factors, and then you have to invite tenders from various provinces. When you arrive at a hospital/pharmacy, it depends on whether the doctor's prescription is given or not, and there are various hidden rules; Almost all of these have caused a sharp rise in the price of drugs in circulation.

3. There are many channels, resulting in high additional costs.

The main reason for the high price is the bid. There are too many channels to enter the hospital and the maintenance fee is too high. Only the doctors who prescribe drugs in hospitals account for about 25%. In addition, there are sponsorship from marketing department, large-scale conference and sales staff.

Extended Data Gout Febusotan is a kind of crystal-related arthropathy caused by monosodium urate (MSU) deposition, which is directly related to hyperuricemia caused by purine metabolic disorder and/or decreased uric acid excretion, and belongs to the category of metabolic rheumatism.

Gout patients often have sudden joint pain at night, with acute onset and severe pain, edema, redness and inflammation at the joints, and the pain gradually decreases until it disappears, lasting for several days or weeks.

When the pain breaks out, patients will wake up in the middle of the night. Some patients describe the pain as similar to burning their big toes. The most common joint is the big toe (medical term: the first metatarsal), but the joint is not limited to this, and it is also common in joints such as hands, knees and elbows. The diseased joints will eventually become inflamed and inflamed. After edema, the tissue will become soft and the activity will be limited, which will eventually affect daily life.

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