Abstract:Objective: Systematically review drug pricing and reimbursement strategies, methods and applications in Asia to pro- vide references for drug pricing and reimbursement policy-making in China. Methods: Retrieval and screen literatures related to drug pricing policies, methods, implementation and application effects through documentary library and websites of corresponding countries. Results: A total of 7 drug pricing methods (internal reference pricing, external reference pricing, special agreement pricing, pharmacoeconomic evaluation, cost-weighted pricing, price maintenance premium, bidding and negotiation) were widely used as key strategies in Asia. Various drug pricing methods were used in different countries and the implementation methods were quite different. Conclusion: In the case of medical care accessibility, cost controlling and stimulating the creativity, it is necessary and feasible to have multiple drug pricing methods. The application effects were also difference due to the different policy implementation.