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[CITIC Construction Investment: The turning point of the medical device sector is coming] On September 29, CITIC Securities Research Report believed that long-term investment opportunities in the medical device sector come from innovation, overseas expansion and mergers and acquisitions. The sector’s innovation and internationalization capabilities have been recognized, and valuations are being re-evaluated. After the surge in the innovative drug sector, the medical device sector's globally competitive products with improved innovation and breakthrough innovation are gradually being recognized. There are also a number of companies that are actively strategically expanding the second growth curve and achieving high growth in overseas business, and their valuations are rising. It is recommended to continue to pay attention to the innovative medical device track with large market space and low localization rate, as well as investment opportunities in themes such as mergers and acquisitions, brain-computer interfaces, AI medical care, surgical robots, and exoskeleton robots. It is recommended to pay attention to the related catalysts in the clinical, registration, volume, and overseas expansion of innovative medical devices, such as PFA, RDN, TAVR and other products. The directions with more potential catalysts are expected to see individual stocks rise several times. In the future, AI medical care, brain-computer interfaces, etc. are also expected to become new technological directions that investors will focus on.
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[The fifth day of the 2026 State Talks: Negotiation on the price of commercially insured innovative drugs begins. Many pharmaceutical companies enter the market with nuclear drugs, CAR-T new drugs and other blockbuster drugs] September 9th, at about 8 o'clock today, the fifth day of negotiation and bidding for the 2026 National Basic Medical Insurance Drug List and the price negotiation for the commercially insured innovative drugs officially started. The reporter learned on the spot that today is the last day of this year's State Talks, and intensive price negotiations for the commercially insured innovative drugs will be carried out. The negotiation and bidding for the basic medical insurance list were completed yesterday morning. Representatives from AstraZeneca, Sanofi, Keji Pharmaceutical subsidiary Kaixing Life, Yuanda, Hengrun Dasheng, Precision Biotech and other companies entered the negotiation venue one after another. This year, a total of 62 drug generic names were applied for in the commercial insurance innovative drug catalog price negotiation, and 58 passed the formal review, of which 57 were outside the catalog and 1 was within the catalog. Rare diseases, tumors, and neurological diseases were still the main applicants, accounting for about 70% in total. Two new CAR-T drugs, Hengrun Dasheng's Ranicchiolense Injection and Precision Biotech's Pulgeolense Injection, tried to "break through" for the first time. (Reporters Lu Afeng and Yu Miao)
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[Afternoon session of the first day of the 2026 National Talks: Representatives from Hengrui Pharmaceuticals, Dongguang Pharmaceutical, Pfizer and other companies entered the venue to start negotiations on chronic disease varieties] The reporter learned from the on-site negotiation of the 2026 National Medical Insurance Catalog and the price negotiation of the commercially insured innovative drug catalog that the afternoon session of the first day of the National Talks started at about 13:00 today. Reporters observed at the scene that negotiators from Hengrui Pharmaceuticals, Dongguang Pharmaceutical, Pfizer, Novo Nordisk, Tonghua Jinma and other companies successively arrived at the National People's Congress Conference Center in Beijing and entered the venue one after another after accepting identity verification. According to incomplete statistics from reporters, about 20 companies participated in negotiations during the afternoon session. Among them, Dongguangguang Pharmaceutical’s ologliflozin and hepatitis C combination drugs natansvir phosphate and icofosbuvir tablets, Pfizer’s new dual-indication drug for weight loss and diabetes, enoglutide injection and ogaituzumab for injection, and Tonghua Jinma’s new Alzheimer’s disease drug Aviacridine succinate tablets have all passed the preliminary review, which also means that innovative drugs and chronic disease drugs have begun intensive negotiations. (Reporters Lu Afeng and Yu Miao)
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[On-site negotiation and bidding for the 2026 National Medical Insurance Catalog and price negotiation for the commercially insured innovative drug catalog begin in Beijing] On September 5, the negotiation and bidding for the 2026 National Basic Medical Insurance Drug Catalog and the price negotiation for the commercially insured innovative drug catalog officially opened today at the National People's Congress Conference Center in Beijing. Reporters observed at the scene that around 7:30 in the morning, corporate negotiators had arrived at the scene and were waiting. It is worth noting that this year’s national talks have further strengthened pre-negotiation communication, and new mechanisms such as drug pre-communication and pre-declaration have been gradually implemented, and the time node for enterprises to deploy medical insurance has continued to move forward. The National Medical Insurance Administration previously disclosed that there were 664 drug generic name applications for the 2026 adjustment of the basic medical insurance catalog, and 601 ultimately passed the formal review; there were 62 drug generic name applications for the commercially insured innovative drug catalog, and 58 passed the formal review. Many local innovative drug rising stars and leading companies such as Bailey Tianheng, Keji Pharmaceutical, BeiGene, Sansheng Guojian, Zhixiang Jintai, etc. have applied. The industry expects that the current round of on-site negotiation and bidding for the adjustment of the national medical insurance catalog and the price negotiation of the commercially insured innovative drug catalog will last 4 to 5 days. (Reporters Lu Afeng and Yu Miao)