Drug lists enclosed Circular 15 issued by the Ministry of Health of Vietnam

Specifically, according to Article 3 of the Circular No. 15/2020/TT-BYT of the Ministry of Health of Vietnam, the following drug lists are enclosed with this Circular:

- The List of drugs procured through bidding in Appendix I;

- The List of drugs procured through national centralized bidding in Appendix II;

- The List of drugs procured through local centralized bidding in Appendix III;

- The List of drugs procured through price negotiation in Appendix IV.

If a health facility wants to purchase a drug which satisfies the criteria in Clause 2 Article 2 hereof but is not yet included in the List of drugs procured through bidding in Appendix I enclosed herewith by using state budget, health insurance fund, revenues from provision of healthcare services and other funding sources, it must carry out the procurement through bidding as prescribed.

Updating drug lists is prescribed as follows:

- If a drug list needs to be updated or have drugs added or removed to meet the reality, Drug Administration of Vietnam shall, based on the rules and criteria for compiling drug lists in Article 2 hereof, consolidate and prepare the list of drugs to be updated, added or removed; get, receive and consolidate opinions and explanations from relevant agencies and organizations; request for opinions from the National drug procurement consultancy council.

- Based on opinions given by the National drug procurement consultancy council, Drug Administration of Vietnam shall request the Minister of Health to issue the Decision on updated drug lists.

View more details at the Circular No. 15/2020/TT-BYT of the Ministry of Health of Vietnam, issued on August 10, 2020.

Thuy Tram

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