Financial Associated Press (Changsha, Shanghai, Nanjing, Hefei, reporter Huang Lu, Qiu Hao, Wang Junxian, Liu Mengran) news, after the release of the "new crown virus antigen detection application plan (trial)", major pharmacies have actively laid out. On March 14, a reporter from the Financial Associated Press visited a number of stores in four places across the country and was told that there was no stock on the shelves. A number of chain pharmacy listed companies related to the financial associated press reporter said that the manufacturer has been paid, the first batch of antigen detection products have been shipped, the actual arrival of the store will have a time difference.
"At home can also measure the new crown, 15 minutes out of the results, Qianjin pharmacy is about to be the first batch of sales", at noon on March 14, Qianjinda Pharmacy public account released the latest dynamic information showing that the first batch of new crown antigen rapid test products have been in logistics and transportation.
Qianjinda Pharmacy said that it will actively respond to the notice of the Comprehensive Department of the State Food and Drug Administration on the supervision of the quality and safety of antigen detection reagents for the new coronavirus (Drug Administration Comprehensive Machinery Management [2022] No. 23), and use the omni-channel sales platform covering "online + offline" to meet the testing needs of the general public. In addition to the Qianjin Pharmacy, the people's customer service staff also told reporters on the phone that the first batch of self-test versions have been sent to the store on the way.
On the morning of March 14, the reporter visited a number of offline store channels in Changsha to understand on the ground, including Yifeng Pharmacy, Yangtianhe, Qianjinda Pharmacy, and the people, all of which did not have new crown antigen self-test products on the shelves.
Visiting many pharmacy stores such as Neptune Stars, ordinary people, and First Medicine in Shanghai, I did not see the figure of the new crown self-test product. The manager of one of the people's pharmacies told reporters that the specific shelf time of antigen testing products is unknown, "it may have to wait until next week." The official customer service of the people told reporters that the distribution share of each store in Shanghai is limited, and some stores have "only two boxes", and the specific purchase still has to go to offline stores.
Visiting Hefei People's Yuan (a wholly-owned subsidiary of The People) and a number of offline pharmacies such as Dekang and Guosheng, a number of pharmacy staff said that they had not received any notice of purchase and sales of related products. A store staff member of Hefei People's Yuanda Pharmacy told the Financial Associated Press that the group did have relevant products in stock, but the time to send to Anhui could not be determined for the time being. According to the company's customer service staff, the current delivery areas are mainly Hunan, Shanghai and other places, and the rest of the provinces will be arranged one after another. Due to the relatively large demand, there may be a tight supply in the early stage, it is recommended that users make an appointment online in advance, and the store will give priority to purchase with the reservation code after arriving.
In many offline pharmacies such as Neptune Star, Simcere Zaikang, Yifeng Pharmacy, and ordinary people in Nanjing, there is currently no new crown antigen self-test products for sale. However, some people pharmacy staff said that they can leave a phone reservation, give priority to telephone notification after arrival, and many people have made a telephone appointment to purchase, but for the time being, they should not support online orders in stores. Customers need to bring their ID card or medical insurance card to the store to buy, pharmacies need to register with their real names and enter the drug supervision system, the product is on a first-come, first-served basis.
For the offline stores around the world have not seen the relevant goods on the shelves, the people insiders told reporters that this morning has arrived a batch of goods, but this batch of goods is exclusively for medical institutions to use, follow-up OTC end of the source of goods, the company is also in urgent contact with the manufacturer, may take a few days to be on the shelves. Qianjin Pharmacy related people told reporters that at present, the money has been paid to the manufacturer, the first batch of new crown antigen rapid test products have been in logistics transportation, will be the first batch of sales, the store shelves will take a few days.
Some pharmacy industry insiders told reporters that the products sold at the retail end and the hospital end are different, and it takes time to change the packaging. Antigen self-test products on the shelves is the trend of the times, the market is waiting for the first store to sell products.
It is understood that at present, Yifeng Pharmacy can be pre-sold, and the reporter logged on to its member mini program to show that the new crown antigen test kit is about to be listed, and online appointment registration can be accepted at present. The appointment description states that the single box of reagents supports 20 copies, does not support disassembly, and will confirm the information within 7 working days after submitting the information.
What is the price of the COVID-19 self-test product? Judging from the feedback information from various pharmacies, they all said that there is no official sale at present, and they need to arrive to set the price.
Retail pharmacies have the attribute of "5-minute economic circle" in the community (more than 80% of the stores of Yifeng Pharmacy, Dashanlin, Yixintang and the people are community stores), providing convenient purchase channels for residents with home antigen testing needs. The pharmaceutical research team of Northeast Securities estimates that if the unit price of antigen detection reagents is 4 yuan, about 30-50% of the total domestic population (that is, 424-706 million people) has self-inspection needs, and the home testing market is expected to reach 44-74 billion yuan every two weeks. If online and offline sales account for 50% each, the pharmacy market will usher in an incremental market of 20-37 billion, bringing incremental performance to pharmacies.