Research on Technological Innovation Efficiency of China’s Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Industry

医药制造业是我国高技术产业之一，技术创新效率对于医药制造业的发展具有重大意义。本文对我国医药制造业的技术创新效率进行测算分析，为推动医药产业实现高质量、可持续创新发展提供思考和建议。研究借助2018~2022年《中国高技术产业统计年鉴》中的全国医药行业数据，运用数据包络分析框架下的Malmquist指数方法进行测算剖析，目的是为推动医药产业高质量、可持续创新发展出谋划策。研究发现：2018~2022年间我国医药制造业技术创新效率整体呈缓慢下降趋势，各省市之间的效率水平差别明显。为了促进医药制造业更好地发展，就得合理安排经费投入、增强科研人员投入力度并提升其创新水平、扩大医药产业规模提高效益并推动结构优化升级。The pharmaceutical manufacturing industry is one of China’s high-tech industries, and the efficiency of technological innovation is of great significance to the development of the pharmaceutical manufacturing industry. This article calculates and analyzes the technological innovation efficiency of China’s pharmaceutical manufacturing industry, providing thoughts and suggestions for promoting high-quality and sustainable innovation development of the pharmaceutical industry. The study utilizes the national pharmaceutical industry data from the 2018~2022 Statistical Yearbook of China’s High-Tech Industry and uses the Malmquist index method under the Data Envelopment Analysis framework for measurement and analysis, with the aim of providing strategies for promoting high-quality and sustainable innovative development of the pharmaceutical industry. Research has found that from 2018 to 2022, the overall efficiency of technological innovation in China’s pharmaceutical manufacturing industry has shown a slow downward trend, with significant differences in efficiency levels between provinces and cities. In order to promote the better development of the pharmaceutical manufacturing industry, it is necessary to reasonably arrange funds, strengthen the investment of scientific researchers and improve their innovation level, expand the scale of the pharmaceutical industry to improve efficiency and promote the structural optimization and upgrading.