Original title: Li Keqiang's comments on the hot discussion of the movie "I am not the God of medicine"
Source: China government website
Premier Li Keqiang recently made a comment on the hot public opinion caused by the movie "I am not the God of medicine" and asked relevant departments to speed up the implementation of measures such as price reduction and supply guarantee of anti-cancer drugs.
"The demands of patients with serious diseases such as cancer on importing & lsquo; life-saving drugs & rsquo; are unable to afford, drag down, and buy, which highlights the urgency of promoting the solution to the problem of drug price reduction and supply guarantee. In his instructions, the premier pointed out that the relevant measures determined by the Standing Committee of the State Council should be implemented as soon as possible and as soon as possible. '
In April and June this year, Li Keqiang twice presided over the executive meeting of the State Council, which decided to implement zero tariff on imported anticancer drugs and encourage the import of innovative drugs, accelerate the examination and approval of new drugs that have been listed abroad, implement measures to reduce the price of anticancer drugs, and strengthen the supply guarantee of drugs in short supply. The meeting decided to significantly reduce the value-added tax burden on the production and import of anticancer drugs, adopt the methods of centralized government procurement, timely include the imported innovative drugs, especially the urgently needed anticancer drugs in the medical insurance reimbursement catalog, and study the use of cross-border e-commerce channels, take multiple measures to eliminate all kinds of unreasonable price increases in the circulation, strengthen the intellectual property protection of innovative chemicals, and strengthen quality supervision 。
'anticancer drugs are life-saving drugs. They can't be taxed and their prices can't be reduced. "The prime minister said," we must take multiple measures to open up the middle link, urge and promote the price reduction of anti-cancer drugs, so that the masses have a sense of practical access. '
In a grass-roots investigation in April this year, Li Keqiang also came to a foreign-funded pharmaceutical enterprise to bring drugs into the medical insurance, implement government procurement and other ways, hoping that the prices of anti-cancer drugs and other major diseases produced by the pharmaceutical enterprise will be more preferential and fair.
'now if there is a cancer patient in the family, the whole family will give it all, and even the whole family needs help. Cancer has become the number one killer threatening people's lives and health;. "The prime minister said," we should do our best to treat patients and reduce the burden on their families. '
Li Keqiang made it clear that this work should be further 'accelerated': 'for cancer patients, time is life! "After the film" I am not the God of medicine "narrated the difficult problem of drug use for the sick group, which caused widespread public concern and discussion, Li Keqiang specially instructed the relevant departments to" rush the masses "and promote the implementation of relevant measures.