Business club July 19 - health development planning commission, director-general of the department of drug administration, Zheng Hong reported preliminary consideration is expected soon big hospital the proportion of basic drugs with rules.

Earlier this year, the ministry of health held a national work conference on health, first clear this year will increase two tertiary hospitals basic drug dosage proportion. Former minister of health Chen zhu said that in 2013 secondary hospital medicine sales for 40% - 40%, and tertiary hospital medicine sales amount is 25% 30%.

But so far, the medicine to level 2 above hospitals equipped with specific content has not been refined. Zheng Hong said at the meeting, to medicine, big hospitals have the proportions stipulated by the use, will soon be issued by the corresponding documents.

Essential medicines, refers to can satisfy the basic medical and health care demand, dosage form is appropriate, ensure supply, base can be equipped with, national can equitable access to medicines, main features are safe and necessary, effective and inexpensive.

2012 edition of national basic drugs directory has been released, a total of 520 species, 317 kinds of chemical drugs and biological products, 203 kinds of proprietary Chinese medicine. Version in addition to the national medicine, basic medicine as part of the market from the provincial supplemented directory.