Orthopedic trauma medical consumables have been included in the procurement of volume-based from 2021, and have gone through several rounds of price reduction, of which large -scale alliances have been served once a year.

In September 2021, the procurement price of alliances in Henan 12 provinces was announced. Medical institutions reported a total of about 970,000 units. In the end, 20,751 products of 71 companies were selected, with an average decrease of 88.65%.

In March 2022, Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei “3+N” 17 provincial alliance launched the linkage procurement of orthopedic trauma medical consumables,capped at Henan 12 provincial alliance’ price. Eventually,total 20026 products from 89 companies, the average price was reduced by 83.48%.

In September 2023, the two major alliances of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei “3+N” and Henan 12 provinces co-produced together to purchase a big quantity of regular bone screw and cannulated screw(not for locking plate). The purchase period is 2 years. In this round of large -scale alliances centralized purchasing, it covers 28 provinces,only Beijing, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and other provinces and cities have not participated.

The huge patient base brings opportunities to accelerate the expansion of the orthopedic trauma market. However, the implementation of multiple rounds of volume-based procurement will inevitably reduce the market size of orthopedic trauma consumables. This time purchasing will also bring shock to the orthopedic trauma market again.

In recent years, the largest category of my country’s orthopedic implantation medical device segment is trauma. At present, the market technology is mature and the domesticization rate is high. As of now, trauma consumables have basically achieved domestic alternatives. It will focus on product quality in the future.

With the improvement in domestic enterprises and top domestic leading enterprises benefited by volume-based procurement, the channels are more inclined to have cost -effective domestic manufacturers, and accelerate import substitution. A large number of high -quality trauma orthopedic equipment companies have emerged in China. According to incomplete statistics, more than 1,200 companies have participated in market competition in the orthopedic implantation market. However, domestic enterprises are mainly concentrated on low-end markets, and most of the high-end markets are occupied by foreign brands. Volume-based procurement helps domestic enterprises to open market channels, and also promote domestic orthopedic enterprises’ innovation.

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