The reporter learned from the large chain pharmacies that since March 12, the State Food and Drug Administration issued a notice to approve the application change of the self-test application of five new crown antigen products, and the pharmacy immediately began to contact the manufacturer and organize the allocation of goods. At present, it is expected that the home version of antigen testing products that supply the public's self-testing needs will arrive at qualified pharmacies in Shanghai as soon as next week and wait for sale. This means that the time for the public to buy products is also just around the corner.
On March 12, the State Food and Drug Administration issued a notice approving the application change of the self-test application of new crown antigen products in Nanjing Novizan, Beijing Jinwolf, Shenzhen Huada Inyuan, Guangzhou Wanfu Biology and Beijing Huaketai Biology. Since then, five new crown antigen self-test products have been officially launched.
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The reporter learned that recently, the domestic chain pharmacy leading people's pharmacy and Guangzhou Wanfu Biological reached a cooperation, the first batch of new crown antigen rapid test products have been distributed in the store, is expected to be sold in the store in the near future. The first batch of products will land in 12 provinces and cities stores including Shanghai, Hunan and Jiangsu.
It is reported that the new coronavirus (2019-nCoV) antigen detection kit (colloidal gold method) purchased by the People's Pharmacy this time is one of the five similar products changed by the State Food and Drug Administration through the registration information, which is not only suitable for both oropharyngeal swab and nasopharyngeal swab samples, and achieves a rapid detection efficiency of 15 minutes of results.
For the new trend of new coronavirus detection, Wang Li, president of the people's pharmacy, said that the promotion of the new crown antigen rapid test products once again confirms that retail pharmacies, as an important part of the public health system, play a key role in the "frontier outpost" of epidemic prevention, and the people's pharmacy will use the omni-channel sales platform covering "online + offline" to meet the testing needs of the general public.
At home self-test 15 minutes out of the results of the takeaway platform has launched the new crown antigen self-test product
On the 13th, the reporter learned from the Meituan drug purchase that the platform has taken the lead in launching the new crown antigen self-test product. After logging on to the Meituan App or the Meituan Takeaway App to enter the drug buying channel, users can make purchases in the page, and also search for "new crown antigen self-test" or click on the "new crown self-test" area in the Meituan drug buying channel, and can also find related products.
△ Meituan Buy Has Launched New Crown Antigen Self-Test products. Courtesy of source/interviewee
Miss Chen, who has successfully placed an order, told reporters
She placed an order for 2 portions, and the unit price was 32.8 yuan
As can be seen on the purchase page of the release of Meituan Buy, the product is a new crown virus antigen detection kit, which will be shipped on March 20 after making an appointment to buy, and users can conduct home self-testing according to the product manual, and the results can be observed in 15-20 minutes.
According to the relevant person in charge of Meituan Buying Drugs, from March 13, users can make an appointment to purchase related products through the pharmacies shipped nationwide in the Meituan BuyIng Channel, and merchants will use express delivery for users from the 20th; at the same time, Meituan Buying Drugs has also joined hands with the People's Pharmacy, GUODA Pharmacy, GaoJi Medical, Neptune Star, Dashanlin Pharmacy, Quanyuantang Pharmacy and many other chain pharmacies, and is expected to synchronize the new crown antigen self-test products with offline pharmacies within a week to jointly provide users with 30 minutes of drug delivery service.
E-commerce platforms such as Gaoji Health and Yikang Pharmaceutical said they would sell new crown antigen self-test products
In addition to the chain pharmacies that started with physical pharmacies, a number of pharmaceutical e-commerce platforms have also announced that they will sell new crown self-test products.
On the evening of March 12, Gaoji Health, a medical new retail platform under Gaoji Medical, released the news that Gaoji Medical and Guangzhou Wanfu Biological, Nanjing Nuoweizan, Shenzhen Huada Ingenyuan, Beijing Jinwolf and other companies are working closely together, and the first batch of new crown antigen rapid test products will soon be sold in Henan, Jiangxi and Liaoning markets, and will provide online ordering services for customers across the country through the Gaoji Health Pro WeChat Mini Program.
Yikang Pharmaceutical announced that it has reached a cooperation with Guangzhou Wanfu Biological, and the first batch of new crown antigen rapid test products have been in the logistics and transportation, and Yikang Pharmaceutical will soon be on sale.
In addition, the reporter also contacted 1 drug network, pharmacy network and other Internet medical platforms, the other side said that they have paid attention to the new progress of policies and new crown antigen self-test products for the first time, but there is no specific plan that can be disclosed.
It should be noted that:
Antigen testing is not a complete substitute for nucleic acid testing.
The "Application Plan for Antigen Detection of the New Coronavirus (Trial)" mentions that when primary medical and health institutions receive personnel with respiratory tract, fever and other symptoms and symptoms within 5 days, institutions with nucleic acid testing capabilities should prefer nucleic acid testing; those who do not have nucleic acid testing capabilities should conduct antigen testing.
The "Basic Requirements and Procedures for Self-Testing of New Coronavirus Antigens" issued by the National Health commission emphasizes that antigen testing is generally used for sample testing during the acute infection period, that is, within 7 days of the appearance of symptoms in suspected populations. Both positive and negative antigenic results in suspected populations should be further nucleic acid testing, and positive results can be used for early triage and rapid management of suspected populations, but cannot be used as a basis for confirming the diagnosis of new coronavirus infection. Nucleic acid testing remains the basis for confirming COVID-19 infection.
Source: Oriental Network, Xinmin Evening News, Shangguan News, etc
Reporter; Cheng Qi
Editor: ivy, little master
Reviewer: Qian Chengcan