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 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 4 ‘Cheap drugs’ crisis: government functions ‘absence’ of the results of Reached the ultra-low prices in Beijing, Zhejiang, ‘better every day’ big pharmacies, have been subjected to competition from the opening day of the hostile takeover, resulting in 100 varieties of medicine serious ‘shortage’. Meanwhile, the pharmacy has also received many phone companies require price increases. Some manufacturers and even ‘no supply’ to blackmail. In desperation, the pharmacy had from the field and the company’s headquarters is located in Hangzhou, transfer cargo. ( ‘China Youth Daily, ‘1, 13 days) from the news point of view, such events have not really news. Because it is being welcomed by the people are really ‘cheap pharmacy’, however, is not experienced peers marginalized ‘better every day’ one. The resulting strange phenomenon: First, the market welcomed, but to gain a foothold in the market, and second, in the pharmaceutical retail market, fair competition, has become an empty word. Why? From Zhejiang ‘better every day’ big pharmacy director of the headquarters of Mr. Xie Xiaowei, the ‘root of the problem’ due to China’s distinctive ‘to drugs to support medical’ system, saying that the hospitals of high drug prices to stay idle and our pharmacies. At present, the hospital sales accounted for 80% of the entire pharmaceutical market, most of the price is based on the hospital pharmacy pricing determined. The hospital pharmacy’s main rival is not a peer. In this context, to determine drug prices under the cost price of the ‘better every day’ had the appearance of breaking the pharmacy is undoubtedly exists between the interests of a hidden pattern of a hostile takeover by rival is not surprising. Mr. Xie Xiaowei’s analysis has some truth. But I am worried about is: if implemented separately medicine, medical care prices, and drug prices are not falling down but still how to do? Original high prices for drugs to make a heavy burden on the people,