Company: HMDCF
Filing Date: 2025-03-19
Form Type: 20-F
Source: 0001410578-25-000377
Chunk: 257

Company: HUTCHMED (China) Ltd
Filing Date: 2025-03-19
Form: 20-F
Item: Item 1
Chunk 257
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 the NHC, the NMPA, the Ministry of Industrial and Information Technology and the Logistics Support Department of the Central Military Commission promulgated the Notice on the Commencement of the Second Batch of State Organized Centralized Drug Procurement and Use, which states that the second batch of national organization of centralized procurement and use of drugs would not be carried out in selected areas but nationwide. On January 22, 2021, the General Office of the State Council issued the Opinions on Promoting the Normalization and Institutionalization of the Centralized and Quantitative Procurement of Drugs, stating that (i) the scope of procurement should focus on including drugs in the NDRL with large dosages and high purchase amounts and gradually cover all kinds of drugs that are clinically necessary and of reliable quality that are marketed in China, so as to ensure that all drugs that should be procured are exhausted, (ii) marketing authorization holders who have obtained drug registration certificates for drugs within the scope of centralized procurement can, in principle, participate in centralized drug procurement, provided they meet the requirements of centralized procurement in areas including but not limited to quality standards, production capacity and supply stability, and (iii) all public medical institutions (including military medical institutions) should participate in centralized drug procurement, and designated pharmacies shall follow the management requirements of designated agreements. By December 31, 2024, China’s Joint Procurement Office has implemented ten rounds of Volume - Based Procurement of drugs.

U. S. Coverage and Reimbursement

Successful sales of our products or drug candidates in the U. S. market, if approved, will depend, in part, on the extent to which our drugs will be covered by third-party payors, such as government health programs, commercial insurance and managed healthcare organizations. Patients who are provided with prescriptions as part of their medical treatment generally rely on such third-party payors to reimburse all or part of the costs associated with their prescriptions and therefore adequate coverage and reimbursement from such third-party payors are critical to new product success. These third-party payors are increasingly reducing reimbursements for medical drugs and services. Additionally, the containment of healthcare costs has become a priority of federal and state governments, and the prices of drugs have been a focus in this effort. The U. S. government, state legislatures and foreign governments have shown significant interest in implementing cost-containment programs, including price controls, restrictions on reimbursement, requirements for substitution of generic drugs, and pricing transparency requirements. Adoption of price controls and cost-containment measures