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From:ChinaDaily | 2021-03-17 07:00
For Gao, an acute myocardial infarction patient in Kunming, Southwest China s Yunnan province, the steep cut in the price of a coronary stent from over 7,400 yuan ($1,144) to 590 yuan came as a real blessing.
China s centralized procurement program for coronary stents, which was implemented in November, has enabled coronary heart disease patients such as Gao, a resident of a remote area, to buy the device at an affordable price.
The bulk-buying is the country s first such program in the medical device sector. The price of coronary stents is now expected to plunge by at least 90 percent, saving patients billions of yuan a year, besides shaking up the industry.
Bulk-buying to innovate leading medical devices By Zheng Yiran | China Daily | Updated: 2021-03-17 07:00 Share CLOSE A visitor checks out a therapeutic device during a medical exhibition in Zhengzhou, Henan province, on March 11, 2021. [Photo/Xinhua]
For Gao, an acute myocardial infarction patient in Kunming, Southwest China s Yunnan province, the steep cut in the price of a coronary stent from over 7,400 yuan ($1,144) to 590 yuan came as a real blessing.
China s centralized procurement program for coronary stents, which was implemented in November, has enabled coronary heart disease patients such as Gao, a resident of a remote area, to buy the device at an affordable price.