According to news on November 23, Red Star Capital Bureau noticed that Lianhua Qingwen experienced a price increase after experiencing the "out of stock" storm.
The Red Star Capital Bureau searched for "Lianhua Qingwen" on Meituan and found that some pharmacies have raised the price of Lianhua Qingwen capsules to varying degrees.
Among them, the price of Lianhua Qingwen Capsules with a size of 0.35g×48 capsules/box has increased significantly. A pharmacy staff in Jilin told Red Star Capital Bureau that the price of Lianhua Qingwen Capsules with the above specifications before this round of price increases It was 30 yuan/box, which rose to 35 yuan/box after the "out of stock" incident in the middle of this month.
The Red Star Capital Bureau noticed that there is a pharmacy located in Heyuan City, Guangdong Province. The current price of Lianhua Qingwen Capsules in the size of 0.35g×48 capsules/box is 46 yuan/box.
If calculated based on the usual price of about 30 yuan/box in the past, the price has increased by more than 50%.
Regarding the reason for the price increase, a pharmacy staff told the Red Star Capital Bureau, "Lianhua Qingwen has recently increased its price, and there have been a lot of people buying it recently. The manufacturer's price has increased, and the goods cannot be ordered, so it must be due to the price. There have been some adjustments.” Some pharmacy employees also told the Red Star Capital Bureau, “The purchase price is expensive.”
In this regard, the Red Star Capital Bureau sent an interview outline to Yiling Pharmaceutical (002603.SZ), the manufacturer of Lianhua Qingwen, but there was no reply as of press time.
According to previous reports, Lianhua Qingwen granules and capsules sold in some pharmacies in Shijiazhuang are out of stock.
Since then, due to the shortage of Lianhua Qingwen, in order to increase production capacity, Yiling Pharmaceutical has urgently recruited a large number of short-term workers for the selection of traditional Chinese medicines and the packaging of medicine boxes.
It is worth noting that Yiling Pharmaceutical has stated to the outside world that the company has been doing production capacity improvement work in the past two years. Production is basically arranged according to sales, and it is doing its best to ensure market supply. In the future, Lianhua Qingwen has no plan to increase prices.
Chengdu Commercial Daily-Red Star News reporter Deng Lingyao