E-commerce pharmacies banned the sale of cold medicines "failure"

E-commerce platform pharmacies have "differentiated" treatment-cold medicines are banned in the two places, and orders cannot be placed in one place, and they can be delivered in one place

Online pharmacies failed to suspend sales of four types of drugs in accordance with regulations

At present, many underground notices have been issued across the country, requiring local online and offline retail pharmacies to suspend sales of "four types of drugs" (antipyretic, cough relieving, antiviral, and antibiotics).

Take Suzhou as an example.

Do online and offline pharmacies suspend the sales of "four types of drugs" in accordance with regulations? On August 11, an employee of a pharmacy in Suzhou told the author: “Cold, anti-fever, and anti-inflammatory (medicine) on the takeaway platform are all off the shelves, and there are none in the store.

In addition, when Suzhou citizens buy cold and other medicines on an e-commerce self-operated platform, they will be prompted by the system that “the product is not currently supported in the current region” and will not place an order, but they are not prompted and ordered at a third-party pharmacy on the platform Stop

The author found that in Jiangsu and other places, online and offline pharmacies have implemented the “suspended sales of cold medicines” in a relatively good situation

For example, Hejian City, Cangzhou, Hebei, issued a document on August 6 stating that all retail pharmacies in the city will suspend the sale of four types of medicines such as fever, cough, antiviral, and antibiotics, and remove related medicines, and the city’s pharmacies will immediately stop selling on the online platform.

To this end, the author contacted local pharmacies and supervisory departments in Hejian City and learned that the “suspending sales of cold medicines” is effective for all local pharmacies.

In addition, the customer service of a third-party pharmacy on an e-commerce platform said that even if the local area suspends the sale of cold medicines, it can still receive the goods

Regulators can’t just take care of the local area, the platform must also implement local regulations

A review found that although pharmacies (including online sales) in some regions of the country have suspended sales of "four types of drugs", online pharmacies on e-commerce platforms have not effectively followed up, especially third-party merchants

Why does this happen? Gao Dong, a senior person at a Shanghai pharmacy, believes that this difference is mainly due to a problem with supervision.

Local pharmacies are strictly controlled, e-commerce platform pharmacies are loose, and the regulations are not fully implemented, which is obviously detrimental to national epidemic prevention

In addition to relevant departments, platform supervision is also essential

In April this year, the State Food and Drug Administration clearly requested at a symposium that third-party drug online sales platforms must effectively implement platform management responsibilities, manage drug business activities that occur on the platform, and promptly stop problems when they are discovered

In terms of implementing the suspension of sales of "four types of drugs" in pharmacies, it is necessary for e-commerce platforms to supervise the sales of "four types of drugs" in online pharmacies on the platform, and follow up the regional drug regulatory system in a timely manner, and the sales regulations are consistent with local regulatory regulations

Some people in the medical consulting industry said that the strict implementation of the anti-epidemic policies of various localities on the drug retail Internet platform is the best support for the nation's anti-epidemic

The delta mutant strains are now rampant and epidemic prevention is in a critical period.
In order to protect the health of people across the country and consolidate the hard-won epidemic prevention and control results, relevant departments, pharmacies, and platforms should strictly implement epidemic prevention regulations.
If there are problems, they must be corrected in time.
So as not to cause catastrophe
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(Due to interview request, the name of the person in the text is changed)