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State Council overhauls drug pricing mechanism

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Pharmaceutical companies will be able to charge more for innovative drugs. On April 14, the State Council released a framework to reform how drug prices are set across China's healthcare system. Some context: Between 2018 and 2022, government-led volume-based procurement (VBP) cut drug prices by mo...