A Review of Research on China's Centralized Drugs Bulk-buying Platform for Public Welfare

Inflated drug prices have always been a problem in the circulation of medicines in China, and in recent years, the relevant departments in China have formulated a series of policies to control drug prices, one of the strongest and most effective of which is to carry out centralized procurement of medicines. The state has also introduced a series of related policies around the centralized procurement of drugs, including the establishment of a centralized procurement platform for drugs. Therefore, this paper focuses on the concept of centralized drugs bulk-buying platform, the current development status, functions and advantages, and the review of related literature, puts forward the research deficiencies of the existing literature, and looks forward to the direction of future research, with a view to enriching the research on centralized drugs bulk-buying platform.