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Following Shanghai, Beijing has also lifted restrictions on the spacing between pharmacies
.
A few days ago, the Beijing Municipal Drug Administration asked the public for comments on the "Notice of the Beijing Municipal Drug Administration on the Reform of Drug Retail Business License Approval (Draft for Soliciting Comments)" (hereinafter referred to as the "Draft for Comments").
Several initiatives have been proposed for the development of the retail industry
.
Cancel the 350-meter spacing
The "Draft of Opinions" proposes to abolish the requirement that new drug retail companies should be able to travel more than 350 meters away from existing drug retail companies.
For new drug retail companies or original drug retail companies that apply for changing their registered addresses, The distance to existing pharmacies is no longer a condition for permit review
.
Beijing's opening of the gap this time is undoubtedly a practice of the reform of "decentralization, regulation and service"
.
In November last year, the General Office of the State Council issued the "National Deepening of "Decentralization, Administration, and Service" Reform and Optimization of the Business Environment Video and Telephone Conference Key Task Division Program", which clearly proposed to optimize the approval of pharmacies opening and to apply for the establishment of only Class B non-prescription drugs nationwide.
According to previous statistics released by the State Food and Drug Administration, by the end of 2020, the number of pharmacies in Beijing has exceeded 5,000
.
Opening up the gap is not only an act of implementing the spirit of the State Council’s documents, but also the multiple considerations of the local regulatory authorities
There are also many voices who believe that the market expansion brought about by the separation of distances may lead to vicious competition
.
Since there is no distance requirement for newly opened pharmacies, opening pharmacies can be “door-to-door” or “door-to-door”.
Favorable leading chain
The "Draft of Opinions" proposed a series of measures, covering the establishment and change of chain enterprises, remote prescription review, automatic drug vending machines, etc.
, which have played a role in further exerting the operating advantages of chain enterprises and increasing industry concentration
.
Pharmaceutical retail enterprises are allowed to use the warehouse resources of wholesale enterprises in this city to establish retail chain headquarters
.
Retail chain companies can entrust pharmaceutical wholesale companies that meet GSP requirements to provide unified procurement, storage and distribution services for their distribution center warehouses
If a pharmaceutical retail enterprise is acquired or merged by a retail chain enterprise as a branch of a chain enterprise or a pharmaceutical retail enterprise initiates a new pharmaceutical retail chain enterprise, after the headquarters of the chain enterprise is established, the originally initiated pharmaceutical retail enterprise serves as a branch of the chain enterprise, if If there is no change in the business address or business scope, the on-site inspection and acceptance may not be carried out, and the materials shall be submitted directly according to the change procedure
.
Pharmaceutical retail chain enterprises have systems and measures to ensure that pharmaceutical technicians such as licensed pharmacists perform quality management and pharmaceutical service duties on their posts.
There are 50 or more corporate stores, and the "Internet %20" technology can be used to carry out centralized remote prescription review services within the enterprise.
Practicing pharmacists in charge of full-time reviewing parties can be registered at the headquarters of chain enterprises, and chain stores in remote areas such as rural areas only need to be equipped with pharmacists who have been certified according to law
.
According to the draft opinion, pharmaceutical retail companies that have obtained the "Business License" and "Pharmaceutical Business Permit" in Beijing’s administrative region can rely on their own physical pharmacies to set up automatic drug vending machines in their registered addresses; pharmaceutical retail chain companies can also set up drug vending machines in large transportation hubs.
, Tourist attractions, large shopping malls and other areas set up automatic drug vending machines to meet the public's 24-hour drug purchase needs.
The number of installations should be compatible with the management capabilities of drug retail chain enterprises
.
Adjust business area
In addition to the above-mentioned series of measures, the "Draft Opinions" also adjusted the area of the business premises of pharmaceutical retail enterprises, and gave principle suggestions on the area of pharmaceutical retail enterprises
.
Pharmaceutical retail enterprises should set up business premises and warehouses that are compatible with their business scale.
In principle, the business premises should be no less than 70 square meters for pharmaceutical business, and the direct-operated store business premises opened by pharmaceutical retail chain enterprises should be no less than 50 square meters.
Square meters (the above area does not include the business scope of Chinese herbal medicine pieces)
.
For the establishment of a drug retail enterprise whose business category is over-the-counter drugs, the area of business premises used for drug business shall in principle be no less than 20 square meters
The area of the warehouse of the distribution center of a drug retail chain enterprise should be compatible with the variety and scale of its business, and the area used for storing drugs should not be less than 300 square meters.
For the business of Chinese medicine decoction pieces, the storage area of the decoction pieces should be effectively isolated
.
For pharmaceutical retail enterprises established in remote suburbs and rural areas, the market supervision bureaus of each district may adjust the area requirements of the business premises in accordance with the actual area of the jurisdiction and the actual operation of the enterprise
.
Possess reliable supply channels for medicines (including Chinese medicine decoction pieces), and if the medicines sold can be replenished in time, there is no need to set up warehouses
Following Shanghai, Beijing has also lifted restrictions on the spacing between pharmacies
.
A few days ago, the Beijing Municipal Drug Administration asked the public for comments on the "Notice of the Beijing Municipal Drug Administration on the Reform of Drug Retail Business License Approval (Draft for Soliciting Comments)" (hereinafter referred to as the "Draft for Comments").
Several initiatives have been proposed for the development of the retail industry
.
Cancel the 350-meter spacing
The "Draft of Opinions" proposes to abolish the requirement that new drug retail companies should be able to travel more than 350 meters away from existing drug retail companies.
For new drug retail companies or original drug retail companies that apply for changing their registered addresses, The distance to existing pharmacies is no longer a condition for permit review
.
Beijing's opening of the gap this time is undoubtedly a practice of the reform of "decentralization, regulation and service"
.
In November last year, the General Office of the State Council issued the "National Deepening of "Decentralization, Administration, and Service" Reform and Optimization of the Business Environment Video and Telephone Conference Key Task Division Program", which clearly proposed to optimize the approval of pharmacies opening and to apply for the establishment of only Class B non-prescription drugs nationwide.
According to previous statistics released by the State Food and Drug Administration, by the end of 2020, the number of pharmacies in Beijing has exceeded 5,000
.
Opening up the gap is not only an act of implementing the spirit of the State Council’s documents, but also the multiple considerations of the local regulatory authorities
There are also many voices who believe that the market expansion brought about by the separation of distances may lead to vicious competition
.
Since there is no distance requirement for newly opened pharmacies, opening pharmacies can be “door-to-door” or “door-to-door”.
Although vicious competition is unavoidable in many cases, after the drug supply market is saturated, pharmacies with poor risk resistance and poor management will not make money.
Forced to withdraw from the market
.
After Guangdong Province cancelled restrictions on distances, more pharmacies were added, and many pharmacies were unable to operate and choose to close
.
Favorable leading chain
The "Draft of Opinions" proposed a series of measures, covering the establishment and change of chain enterprises, remote prescription review, automatic drug vending machines, etc.
, which have played a role in further exerting the operating advantages of chain enterprises and increasing industry concentration
.
Pharmaceutical retail enterprises are allowed to use the warehouse resources of wholesale enterprises in this city to establish retail chain headquarters
.
Retail chain companies can entrust pharmaceutical wholesale companies that meet GSP requirements to provide unified procurement, storage and distribution services for their distribution center warehouses
.
If a pharmaceutical retail enterprise is acquired or merged by a retail chain enterprise as a branch of a chain enterprise or a pharmaceutical retail enterprise initiates a new pharmaceutical retail chain enterprise, after the headquarters of the chain enterprise is established, the originally initiated pharmaceutical retail enterprise serves as a branch of the chain enterprise, if If there is no change in the business address or business scope, the on-site inspection and acceptance may not be carried out, and the materials shall be submitted directly according to the change procedure
.
Pharmaceutical retail chain enterprises have systems and measures to ensure that pharmaceutical technicians such as licensed pharmacists perform quality management and pharmaceutical service duties on their posts.
There are 50 or more corporate stores, and the "Internet %20" technology can be used to carry out centralized remote prescription review services within the enterprise.
Practicing pharmacists in charge of full-time reviewing parties can be registered at the headquarters of chain enterprises, and chain stores in remote areas such as rural areas only need to be equipped with pharmacists who have been certified according to law
.
According to the draft opinion, pharmaceutical retail companies that have obtained the "Business License" and "Pharmaceutical Business Permit" in Beijing’s administrative region can rely on their own physical pharmacies to set up automatic drug vending machines in their registered addresses; pharmaceutical retail chain companies can also set up drug vending machines in large transportation hubs.
, Tourist attractions, large shopping malls and other areas set up automatic drug vending machines to meet the public's 24-hour drug purchase needs.
The number of installations should be compatible with the management capabilities of drug retail chain enterprises
.
Adjust business area
In addition to the above-mentioned series of measures, the "Draft Opinions" also adjusted the area of the business premises of pharmaceutical retail enterprises, and gave principle suggestions on the area of pharmaceutical retail enterprises
.
Pharmaceutical retail enterprises should set up business premises and warehouses that are compatible with their business scale.
In principle, the business premises should be no less than 70 square meters for pharmaceutical business, and the direct-operated store business premises opened by pharmaceutical retail chain enterprises should be no less than 50 square meters.
Square meters (the above area does not include the business scope of Chinese herbal medicine pieces)
.
For the establishment of a drug retail enterprise whose business category is over-the-counter drugs, the area of business premises used for drug business shall in principle be no less than 20 square meters
.
If the business scope contains pieces of traditional Chinese medicine, a relatively independent adjustment area of pieces of traditional Chinese medicine should be added to suit the scale, and the area of the area of the adjustment of pieces of traditional Chinese medicine shall not be less than 20 square meters
.
The area of the warehouse of the distribution center of a drug retail chain enterprise should be compatible with the variety and scale of its business, and the area used for storing drugs should not be less than 300 square meters.
For the business of Chinese medicine decoction pieces, the storage area of the decoction pieces should be effectively isolated
.
For pharmaceutical retail enterprises established in remote suburbs and rural areas, the market supervision bureaus of each district may adjust the area requirements of the business premises in accordance with the actual area of the jurisdiction and the actual operation of the enterprise
.
Possess reliable supply channels for medicines (including Chinese medicine decoction pieces), and if the medicines sold can be replenished in time, there is no need to set up warehouses
.
(21st Century Pharmacy )
