Medicine Reform

　　Beijing Youth Daily

　　March 24

　　It has been reported that quite a lot of cheap basic medicines have been disappearing from drugstores in provinces such as Hunan and Anhui. Once the cheap medicines are removed from shelves， consumers have to buy substitutes， which tend to be much more expensive than the original medicine， adding to patients’ economic burdens.

　　However， pharmaceutical companies also have their reasons to stop producing cheap medicines. Cheap medicines mean small profit margins or even no profits at all， which is a blow to manufacturers’ enthusiasm.

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