Ministry plans primary-care drug list expansion

SGGP reports that the Ministry of Health is supplementing the health insurance payment list. The ministry plans to expand nearly 700 active ingredients at the primary healthcare level.

The reported measure combines a planned update to the payment list with a separate review of medical equipment price management. SGGP said the equipment work will examine prices across the supply chain.

Planned expansion at the primary healthcare level

According to SGGP, the Ministry of Health plans to expand nearly 700 active ingredients at the primary healthcare level. The plan is tied to the ministry’s work supplementing the health insurance payment list.

The report identifies the primary healthcare level as the setting for the planned active-ingredient expansion. It does not specify which active ingredients are included, a timetable for the change, or further details on the payment-list supplementation.

For pharmaceutical and biotech sales professionals following reimbursement and coverage developments, the reported action centers on the health insurance payment list and planned access to active ingredients in primary healthcare.

Medical equipment prices under study

SGGP also reports that the Ministry of Health is studying price management for medical equipment across the supply chain. The report presents this work alongside the planned expansion of active ingredients at the primary healthcare level.

No specific medical equipment categories, pricing measures, or supply-chain stages are identified in the report summary. The stated focus is price management of medical equipment across the supply chain.

For medical sales professionals, the equipment item is a separate policy subject within the ministry’s reported agenda. For veterinary sales professionals monitoring healthcare policy and equipment-market developments, the report provides a health insurance and medical equipment pricing update from the Ministry of Health.

Key points reported by SGGP

• The Ministry of Health is supplementing the health insurance payment list.
• The ministry plans to expand nearly 700 active ingredients at the primary healthcare level.
• The ministry is studying price management for medical equipment across the supply chain.

SGGP’s report places both topics in the Ministry of Health’s current policy work: a planned expansion involving active ingredients at the primary healthcare level and a study of medical equipment price management.