Opening up of medical insurance data in the Yangtze River Delta to support the research and development of innovative drugs, the launch of the 2025 National Smart Medical Insurance Competition.

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04/08/2025
The innovative drug R&D supported by medical insurance data has made new progress that has attracted attention from the industry. First Financial learned from the National Medical Insurance Administration that the 2025 National Smart Medical Insurance Competition, jointly organized by the National Medical Insurance Administration and Shanghai, was launched on August 1. A major highlight of this competition is that the final teams will have access to de-identified medical insurance and some non-medical insurance public data from Shanghai, as well as de-identified medical insurance data from one city in each of the three provinces of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Anhui in the Yangtze River Delta region. These data can be used in more than ten areas, including innovative drug research and development, to unlock the potential of medical insurance data elements through digital means and tackle difficult issues affecting people's livelihoods.