Various parts of China have successively adjusted epidemic prevention and control measures, and the demand for medicines has increased. Many places have also adjusted the management policies for the online and offline purchase of "four types of drugs", namely cough, antipyretic, antiviral, and antibiotic drugs, and canceled the real-name registration process. The common antipyretic and analgesic drug ibuprofen was once out of stock in the market, and its production capacity has attracted attention. At the same time, Lianhua Qingwen, which has been recommended by the National Health and Medical Commission of China for many times, has repeatedly raised prices in the market, and the price gap between products of the same product specification on the same channel is more than 5 times.
According to the Securities Daily report, a staff member of a pharmacy in Chaoyang District, Beijing said on Tuesday (December 6), “Currently there is no ibuprofen in stock, and it is expected that the replenishment will arrive in the store in the afternoon. Consumers do not need to register their personal information when purchasing. "The staff of another pharmacy in Shunyi District, Beijing also said that there are more consumers buying ibuprofen online now, and it takes two or three days to replenish ibuprofen.
According to the report, a search by the State Food and Drug Administration of China using ibuprofen as a keyword found a total of 558 approval numbers, involving hundreds of manufacturers, including China Resources Double Crane and CSPC. Among them, the relevant person in charge of CSPC said when accepting media inquiries about production capacity and production status: "Currently, the production and operation of ibuprofen is normal. The company's ibuprofen involves tablet and granule dosage forms, and the annual production capacity adds up to about 1 billion pieces (bags)."
Regarding the growing demand for ibuprofen and other medicines, the person in charge of Ali Health said in an interview: "Recently, the search volume for epidemic-related medicines, antigen self-testing reagents, and N95 masks has increased significantly. Ali Health Pharmacy and Tmall Health are linking merchant brands. , production enterprises, logistics supply chain, etc., increase the supply of health and epidemic prevention materials, and fully guarantee the needs of users."
As the demand for some cold medicines rises, many parties call for rational preparation of medicines. According to the information released on December 5 by the WeChat account "Guangdong Drug Administration" of the Guangdong Provincial Drug Administration, after the adjustment and optimization of the epidemic prevention and control measures, there has been a phenomenon of citizens rushing to buy drugs and "stocking up" in Guangzhou recently.
According to the Guangdong Food and Drug Administration, there are about 3.6 million unit boxes of cold medicines distributed by Guangdong wholesale enterprises to 55,000 retail pharmacies in the province recently, exceeding the highest demand in recent days. The supply of cold medicines in the province is sufficient, and citizens do not need to stock up blindly Medicines, medication needs to follow the advice of professional physicians and pharmacists.
