券商中国·2025-07-11 11:27Core Viewpoint - The innovation drug sector is experiencing positive developments with the official launch of the 2025 National Basic Medical Insurance, Maternity Insurance, and Work Injury Insurance Drug Directory and the Commercial Health Insurance Innovation Drug Directory adjustment [1][4]. Group 1: Policy Changes - The National Healthcare Security Administration (NHSA) has initiated the adjustment of the drug directories, allowing eligible applicants to submit online applications from July 11 to July 20 [4]. - The newly added commercial health insurance innovation drug directory focuses on high innovation, significant clinical value, and substantial patient benefits, which cannot be included in the basic directory due to exceeding the "basic protection" scope [4][5]. - The NHSA has released a series of documents outlining the adjustment work plan, including guidelines for the new commercial health insurance innovation drug directory [2][4]. Group 2: Market Reactions - The innovation drug sector has shown strong performance in the secondary market, with the Wind Innovation Drug Index rising over 2% on July 11, and several companies like Yifang Bio and Changshan Pharmaceutical seeing significant stock price increases [3][4]. - Multiple brokerages express optimism about the innovation drug sector and its related industrial chain, indicating a positive outlook for future investments [3][6]. Group 3: Institutional Support - The NHSA and the National Health Commission have issued measures to support high-quality development of innovation drugs, encouraging the use of healthcare data for drug research and promoting investment in innovation drugs by commercial health insurance [6][7]. - The measures also propose the establishment of a commercial health insurance innovation drug directory, which will include drugs that exceed basic insurance coverage but have high innovation and clinical value [6][7]. Group 4: Industry Growth Potential - Analysts highlight that the innovation drug sector has maintained rapid growth in product revenue and external licensing over the past three years, with significant business development (BD) transactions occurring this year [7][8]. - The increasing international competitiveness of Chinese innovation drug assets is noted, with clinical data gaining prominence at academic conferences and BD transactions on the rise [8][9].