Healthcare entity
regulation is the sole category represented across all 1 tracked stories. Drugmakers (domestic and overseas) is most often covered alongside China, which appears in 1 of these 1 story. Drugmakers (domestic and overseas) appears in 1 tracked Healthcare story from August 3, 2026.
Last mentioned: Aug 3, 2026
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regulation is the sole category represented across all 1 tracked stories. Drugmakers (domestic and overseas) is most often covered alongside China, which appears in 1 of these 1 story. Drugmakers (domestic and overseas) appears in 1 tracked Healthcare story from August 3, 2026. The tracked stories average 2 original sources each.
Computed from the 1 stories linked to this entity, with beat comparisons drawn from all 16 Healthcare stories published in the same date window. Shares are omitted below five stories and comparisons below a twenty-story baseline.
Coverage cohort
Other entities that clear the same relevance threshold in stories also covering Drugmakers (domestic and overseas). Shared-story counts are live from our verified record — not editorial picks.
Expected Patient Access
Lower-priced drugs from the 12th round are targeted to reach patients by the end of 2026.
12th Round Bidding and Results
The bidding takes place in Shanghai; preliminary results are released same evening showing 521 winning products from 327 companies for 65 drugs.
Program Launch
China initiates its first nationwide centralized drug procurement round to leverage volume-based purchasing for lower prices.
China’s 12th centralized drug procurement round selects 65 essential medicines, promising lower-cost access for patients at 45,000 medical institutions by late 2026. New quality rules tighten oversight, and the program now covers 555 drugs since 2018.
Drugmakers (domestic and overseas) is linked from 1 story on this site, each scored at or above our 35% relevance threshold — see how these pages are built.
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