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Table 2 General characteristics of bid-winning antihypertensive drugs

From: The impact of “4 + 7” volume-based drug procurement on the volume, expenditures, and daily costs of antihypertensive drugs in Shenzhen, China: an interrupted time series analysis

Generic name

Dosage form

Specifications

Bid-winning enterprises

Time to market

Bid-winning prices

(CNY per pill)

Prices before the policy

(CNY per pill)

Price drop (%)

Irbesartan

tablet

75 mg

Zhejiang Huahai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

Dec. 2017

0.20

0.66

-69.41

Amlodipine

tablet

5 mg

Zhejiang Jingxin Pharmaceutical Co.,Ltd.

Nov. 2018

0.15

-

-

Fosinopril

tablet

10 mg

Sino-American Shanghai Squibb Pharmaceuticals Ltd.*

Dec. 2017

0.84

2.79

-69.82

Irbesartan hydrochlorothiazide

tablet

150 mg + 12.5 mg

Zhejiang Huahai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

Dec. 2017

1.09

3.72

-70.71

Lisinopril

tablet

10 mg

Zhejiang Huahai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

Dec. 2017

0.23

1.33

-82.66

Losartan

tablet

50 mg

Zhejiang Huahai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

Dec. 2017

1.05

2.64

-60.27

Enalapril

tablet

5 mg

Yangtze River Pharmaceutical Group Co.,Ltd.

Apr. 2018

0.56

1.88

-70.33

  1. Note. * original drug