Chain drugstores stepped up the distribution of goods, and the online platform launched the “antigen detection” 28 minute delivery home service. Covid-19 antigen self-test products really came. On March 13, the reporter of Beijing business daily learned from several listed chain drugstores that the company has been communicating and cooperating with approved manufacturers, and covid-19 antigen self-test products of some chain drugstores are in transit. The staff of a Lbx Pharmacy Chain Joint Stock Company(603883) large pharmacy in Putuo District, Shanghai said that it is expected that Guangzhou Wondfo Biotech Co.Ltd(300482) covid-19 antigen self-test products will be sold in the store on Wednesday, with a price of about 20 yuan / person. Some online platforms have also opened limited pre-sale of covid-19 antigen detection reagents. As an important supplement to nucleic acid detection, antigen detection does not need special technology and can quickly produce results in 15-20 minutes. At present, there are only five approved manufacturers in the Chinese market, and the industry predicts that more products may be listed in the future.
offline sales imminent
Antigen self-test products were approved, and all Dalian lock pharmacies were moved by the wind. On March 13, Yifeng pharmacy issued a document saying that the antigen detection reagent would be on sale in Yifeng pharmacy. Because some drugstore products are in transit, you can fill in the reservation information first, and then the staff will contact you at the first time. A chain drugstore insider told the Beijing business daily, “today we will communicate with the manufacturer to grab goods, and how much can be distributed among regions is to be determined”.
Beijing Business Daily reporter visited many pharmacies such as Shibali store of Jinxiang pharmacy, Yumin Road store of Jinxiang pharmacy, Baikang pharmacy in Beiqijia Town, Changping District, Beisha store of Baikang pharmacy, Gaoji pharmacy in beihuayuan, Chaoyang District, Jingdong Health Alliance pharmacy in Fengtai District. At present, there is no sales of antigen self-test products in the offline market of Beijing. The staff of Yumin Road store of Jinxiang drugstore learned about the product of self-test reagent through the news. She said that whether to purchase or not still needs to wait for notice. If you purchase, it takes ten days and a half months to sell in the store according to the general process.
Although there is no spot offline, many pharmacies have begun to prepare for the sales of antigen self-test products Lbx Pharmacy Chain Joint Stock Company(603883) the first batch of covid-19 antigen rapid test products of the pharmacy have been in the process of logistics and transportation. Guoda pharmacy said that Guoda pharmacy reached a strategic cooperation agreement with Beijing jinwofu and reached a strategic consensus with Shenzhen Guangzhou Wondfo Biotech Co.Ltd(300482) basically. The new covid-19 virus detection reagent will be sold offline in the stores of Guoda pharmacy. The Secretary of a listed chain drugstore told the Beijing Business Daily that at present, the company is promoting relevant work with manufacturers. According to the relevant person in charge of Dingdang express medicine, the company will sell relevant reagents on the platform and provide home delivery service. It should be online soon in the near future.
product price is not unified
In addition to where to buy products, price is also a factor of concern to consumers.
Previously, at the flagship store of good pharmacist medical devices on a platform, Guangzhou Wondfo Biotech Co.Ltd(300482) covid-19 self-test kit sold for 199 yuan per person, 599 yuan for 3 people and 1599 yuan for 10 people. Consumers can fill in the purchase order for pre purchase. However, after Guangzhou Wondfo Biotech Co.Ltd(300482) issued a solemn statement that some individuals and companies illegally sold covid-19 antigen testing products without authorization, the relevant products of the flagship store of the good pharmacist’s medical devices have been taken off the shelves. For the reason of off shelf, the customer service of the store said, “there is no goods”.
In a flagship store of the grand grand pharmacy, one of the 5 products approved is the gold self testing kit of New Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) antigen detection kit (COVID-19), which sells for 32.8 yuan /1. The customer service staff of the store said that the store and jinwofu biology have reached cooperation. In another yixinda pharmacy on the platform, Guangzhou Wondfo Biotech Co.Ltd(300482) the covid-19 antigen self-test product is 158 yuan / 20 people, that is, 7.9 yuan / 1 person.
The reporter of Beijing Business Daily called a Lbx Pharmacy Chain Joint Stock Company(603883) large pharmacy store in Putuo District, Shanghai. The staff of the store said that it was expected that Guangzhou Wondfo Biotech Co.Ltd(300482) covid-19 antigen self-test products would be sold in the store on Wednesday, with a price of about 20 yuan / person.
The above drugstore insider told the Beijing Business Daily that the retail price of drugstore products will be reported to the market supervision bureau. “The price needs to be reported. Once it is reported, the market supervision bureau will supervise it immediately, and the price can’t be disorderly online.”
The company has not received any reply on the pricing of the company’s products, but the company has not received any reply as of the time of issuance.
important supplement to nucleic acid detection
Antigen detection is regarded as an important supplement to nucleic acid detection Jin Dongyan, a professor and virologist at the school of biomedicine, University of Hong Kong, told the Beijing Business Daily that the principle of antigen detection method is to detect the antigen protein in the virus, which is similar to that of pregnancy test. “Testing this antigen indicates infection. Nucleic acid detection is to release the nucleic acid in the virus, and then conduct qualitative and quantitative analysis of the nucleic acid after an amplification process.”
According to the application plan for covid-19 virus antigen detection, the applicable groups for antigen detection include those who go to grass-roots medical and health institutions with respiratory tract, fever and other symptoms within 5 days, isolated observers and community residents who need antigen self detection. Community residents who need self-test can purchase antigen test reagents for self-test through retail pharmacies, online sales platforms and other channels.
Jin Dongyan said that antigen detection is an important supplement to nucleic acid detection. Antigen detection does not need special technology and can produce results quickly in 15-20 minutes. Because of its convenience, antigen detection can be done continuously for three days. Combined, the sensitivity and specificity of the detection results will not be lower than that of nucleic acid detection only once in three days. The patients found by antigen detection have stronger correlation with infectivity. They can quickly find some infected people and manage them as soon as possible.
strengthen quality supervision
after the National Health Commission issued the application scheme for covid-19 virus antigen detection, the State Food and drug administration notified and approved the application change of covid-19 antigen products of Nanjing Nanjing Vazyme Biotech Co.Ltd(688105) , Beijing jinwofu, Shenzhen Huada Yinyuan, Guangzhou Guangzhou Wondfo Biotech Co.Ltd(300482) , Beijing huaketai biology, which made it possible to test covid-19 at home.
In the view of insiders, if the production capacity of the five companies does not come up, it is expected that more manufacturers’ products will be approved in the future. Jin Dongyan said that the threshold of antigen detection is relatively low, and it is easier for enterprises to make relevant products. Therefore, the state should strengthen quality control and supervision in this regard, and do not let inferior products and products with insufficient sensitivity and specificity enter the market.
In fact, there are not a few Chinese manufacturers holding antigen detection kit products, and most of them have opened overseas markets. According to the statistics of Tianfeng Securities Co.Ltd(601162) March 8, there are 94 Chinese antigen detection products certified by EU CE and 3 products certified by us EUA, including Andon Health Co.Ltd(002432) , Zhejiang Orient Gene Biotech Co.Ltd(688298) , an Xu biology and Hangzhou Alltest Biotech Co.Ltd(688606) .
Covid-19 antigen detection products have attracted attention and attracted responses from many companies. On March 13, Wuhan Easy Diagnosis Biomedicine Co.Ltd(002932) announced that the company’s covid-19 antigen detection reagent had submitted an application for registration to the State Drug Administration, and the acquisition time of the registration certificate was still uncertain Jiangsu Yuyue Medical Equipment And Supply Co.Ltd(002223) said that the covid-19 antigen detection products independently developed by the company are divided into hospital version and home self-test version. Among them, the hospital version has passed CE certification, the EU CE certification of home self-test version and the FDA emergency use authorization (EUA) Company are still actively promoting. The company will closely track the relevant market conditions at home and abroad, actively layout and promote business development.
The State Food and Drug Administration issued a notice on the evening of March 12, which requires to do a good job in the quality and safety supervision of covid-19 virus antigen detection reagents from four aspects: strengthening the management of registration, strengthening the supervision and inspection of production links, strengthening the supervision and inspection of business links and severely cracking down on violations.
