Pharmacy level is not enough will not be able to sell Chinese herbal pieces!

A large number of pharmacies are facing the transformation At the same time, the sales of prescription drugs and Chinese Herbal Pieces in drugstores should be limited, and the quality control of Chinese herbal pieces is the most important Speeding up the process of classified and classified management of drugstores On May 9, this year, the market order Department of the Ministry of Commerce, together with the State Food and Drug Administration and industry personages, discussed the principles, standards, methods and application of evaluation results of classified and classified management of retail pharmacies, and revised and improved the guidance on the pilot of classified and classified management of retail pharmacies (Draft for comments) (hereinafter referred to as the draft for comments) It is understood that since December 2012, the Ministry of Commerce issued the "retail drugstore operation and service specification" to classify drugstores, until November 2017, the first version of the "opinion draft" was drafted and completed, which has been in slow progress for five years However, since the beginning of this year, the classified and hierarchical management of drugstores has entered the fast lane In just five months, the Ministry of Commerce has twice launched the second and third versions of the opinion draft At the same time, it also held two symposiums on classification and classification management of retail pharmacies, and finally launched the fourth version of "opinion draft" Compared with the contents of the fourth version of the draft, there are three major changes: first, simplify the classification and classification, from three categories and three levels to two categories and three levels, and the first type of drugstores will no longer be classified; second, speed up the process in an all-round way, and gradually promote the pilot areas in the whole country by the end of 2025, and adjust the successful experience to 2020; third, adjust the issuing departments, from the Ministry of Commerce, the food and drug administration, and the health department The Planning Commission and the Ministry of human resources and social security were adjusted to "the Ministry of Commerce, the Drug Administration (newly established), the health and Health Commission (newly established), and the medical insurance bureau" On August 28, the State Council issued the key tasks of deepening the reform of the medical and health system in the second half of 2018, and further determined the future development trend of drugstores It is required that the Ministry of Commerce, the national health and Health Commission, the National Health Insurance Bureau and the State Food and Drug Administration jointly promote the development of the guiding documents for classified and hierarchical management of retail drugstores in the second half of 2018 From the point of view of the issuing department, in line with the fourth version of the opinion draft, under the request of the State Council, the classified and classified management documents of retail pharmacies will also be released at an accelerated speed, which means that 450000 pharmacies across the country will be reshuffled, and the market ecology of 400 billion pharmaceutical retail sales will also be greatly changed Although the national documents have not been issued, but the local pilot has been carried out On March 15 this year, Guangdong food and Drug Administration issued the Trial Measures for classified management of drug retail enterprises, which are required to be implemented from April 15, 2018 According to the adaptability of the establishment conditions of drug retail enterprises to the scope and scale of drug business, the approved scope of business can be divided into three categories: Category I, category II and category III From the perspective of drugstore classification, it is mainly determined by drug categories, among which, the business scope of class I stores is limited to over-the-counter drugs; the business scope of class II stores is limited to over-the-counter drugs and prescription drugs; the business scope of class III stores includes over-the-counter drugs, prescription drugs, herbal pieces and other drugs that can be sold in drug retail enterprises This also means that the first class stores cannot sell prescription drugs and Chinese herbal pieces, and the second class stores cannot sell Chinese herbal pieces In addition, it is worth noting that the classification of Guangdong drugstores focuses on the Chinese herbal pieces, and only the highest category of drugstores can sell Chinese herbal pieces In addition, pharmacies selling Chinese herbal pieces have higher requirements Compared with class I and class II pharmacies, there are more requirements on institutional personnel, facilities and equipment Pharmacies whose business scope includes "Chinese Herbal Pieces" should be equipped with at least one licensed Chinese pharmacist or pharmaceutical technician with the title of Chinese pharmacist or above, as well as medicine buckets and scales that meet the storage, prescription allocation, measurement and health requirements of Chinese herbal pieces , Chinese Herbal Pieces packaging and other equipment Earlier, the blue book on the development of the pharmaceutical industry in 2017 issued by China Pharmaceutical Materials Association said that in the future, retail pharmacies will develop in three directions: professional, healthy and convenient, and the three pharmacies also use drug categories Among them, professional business categories mainly include prescription drugs, over-the-counter drugs (double span drugs), etc In addition to drugs, large-scale health products must also include Chinese herbal pieces, precious and fine tonics, health products, medical devices, Xiaozi products, physical therapy products, intelligent wearable devices, etc Including cosmetics, nutrition, functional food, etc In terms of business mode and category structure, the convenience of life category imitates the supermarket, convenience store and other retail formats Drugs do not need to be the main category of its business (30% or less is irrelevant) According to the classification management method of Guangdong Province, the first type of stores should be convenient for living, the second type should be professional, and the third type should be big health This also indicates that the level is not enough, and the sales of Chinese herbal pieces will be limited At the same time, it is also reflected in the category of pharmacy sales, the control of Chinese herbal pieces is the top priority.