Convenience store selling medicine will be accelerated across the country! Beijing and other places have tested water

[industry trends of pharmaceutical network] on August 28, opinions on accelerating the development of circulation and promoting commercial consumption was released, which proposed 20 policies and measures to stabilize consumption expectations and boost consumer confidence Among them, in terms of accelerating the development of chain convenience stores, it was mentioned that it was necessary to carry out pilot projects to simplify the operation and approval procedures of tobacco and class B over-the-counter drugs This also means that the "convenience store selling medicine" mode will be accelerated across the country! Many people may feel strange about "selling medicine in convenience stores", but in fact, it is not prohibited by law The classified management measures for prescription drugs and over-the-counter drugs (for Trial Implementation) pointed out that "according to the safety of drugs, over-the-counter drugs can be divided into two categories: A and B Other commercial enterprises approved by the provincial drug administration or its authorized drug administration may retail class B over-the-counter drugs " But because drugs are special commodities, in the past a convenience store wanted to sell drugs, it must hold "drug trade license" and "drug trade quality management standard certificate", which also makes many convenience stores give up after weighing the approval conditions and approval time Now, it is clear that the chain convenience stores need to carry out the pilot of simplifying the approval procedures for the operation of tobacco and class B over-the-counter drugs It can be seen that the business scope of the convenience stores will be further expanded, and the accessibility of drugs will be improved, making it more convenient for patients to buy drugs In fact, Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu and other places have carried out water trials in this regard In December 2018, Beijing issued several measures to further promote the development of convenience stores, which mentioned that chain convenience stores can apply for retail operation of class B over-the-counter drugs according to relevant standards Under the implementation of this measure, the number of chain retail convenience stores in Beijing has been increasing, and class B over-the-counter drugs can be sold in many regions According to another source, the overall plan of Beijing is that 6000 convenience stores in the city will provide drug sales services On the other hand, this measure may be a big impact on retail pharmacies However, the industry said that although the opening of the convenience store to sell drugs has increased the number of retail pharmacies by one more competitor, the convenience store selling drugs also needs to face the daily supervision of flight inspection, and the pharmacy and the medical insurance docking, the variety of complete, professional, more able to win the trust of customers The author has learned that in order to ensure the quality and safety of drugs, Haidian District Market Supervision Bureau has recently supervised and inspected four convenience stores within its jurisdiction that pilot the sale of class B over-the-counter drugs, and supervised the purchase acceptance, display and storage, sales and after-sales of drugs in the stores in accordance with the requirements of the "drug operation quality management specifications" The inspection results show that some links need to be improved It can be seen that the quality and safety links of selling drugs in convenience stores need to be improved It is necessary to implement the main responsibility of the enterprise, pay attention to the investigation of drug quality and safety risks, and formulate preventive measures Wang Fuguo, former Secretary of the board of directors of Yifeng pharmacy, also believes that it is difficult for non drugstore retail stores to compete with drugstores in terms of variety, professional services, combined drugs, prices, medical insurance payments, etc Therefore, the competitors are not competitive, and the drugstores do not need to be too nervous According to the classified management measures of retail drugstores, all drugstores will strictly implement the classification in the future In the process of industry shuffling, the era of "lying down to make money" for drugstores has passed The sales scope of drugstores whose grades fail to meet the standard requirements will be narrowed, their profitability will also decline, and convenience stores have not yet had a "share" These drugstores may have been eliminated Therefore, for drugstores, the influence of convenience stores on their development is not obvious For patients, convenience store is more convenient to buy medicine, but it is a new attempt, which needs further understanding, understanding and trust.