Three Shifts Reshaping China’s Drug Payment System: Implications for Global Pharma
China’s drug payment system is shifting from isolated policy levers toward an environment defined by their interaction. Recent signals are beginning to link pricing, launch timing, and multi-payer access in ways that materially change how global pharma approaches China.
China’s pharmaceutical payment environment is undergoing a structural recalibration. Developments across pricing policy, regulatory proposals aimed at earlier China entry, and the evolving role of commercial insurance are converging to reshape how access is granted—and sustained—within a multi-layered coverage system.
