Inspection efforts of drug regulatory bureau to increase licensed pharmacist's "license" was banned

[China Pharmaceutical network industry trends] on November 28, Sichuan Provincial Drug Administration issued a circular to cancel the registration certificate of five licensed pharmacists According to the announcement, Sichuan food and drug administration has found 5 licensed pharmacists in the supervision and inspection of drug trading enterprises in Sichuan Province since 2017 According to Article 21 of Interim Measures for the administration of the registration of Licensed Pharmacists (Guo Yao Guan Ren {2000} 156), the registration certificate of licensed pharmacists will be collected and cancelled In fact, in the past, the widespread phenomenon of "hang license" in the industry has been curbed to some extent in recent years, and this year, more frequent inspections have been carried out all over the country Not long ago, Jiangxi Provincial Food and Drug Administration issued an announcement on November 22, announcing the "hang up" of two licensed pharmacists found by the market supervision department The announcement also requires the market supervision departments of cities divided into districts (pilot counties directly under the jurisdiction of the provincial government) to continue to strengthen the supervision and inspection of the allocation and use of licensed pharmacists The verified licensed licensed pharmacists and pharmaceutical trading enterprises with "licensed" behaviors shall be dealt with according to law and reported to the Provincial Bureau for public notice It can be seen that, on the one hand, the supervision and inspection efforts have been strengthened, on the other hand, the punishment system has been stepped up, which has seriously hit the licensed pharmacists' behavior of "hang license"
According to Article 28 of the regulations on the system of soliciting the professional qualification of licensed pharmacists issued by China, it is clearly pointed out that if the licensed pharmacist registration certificate is obtained by cheating, bribery and other improper means, the license issuing department shall cancel the licensed pharmacist registration certificate, and the licensed pharmacist shall not be registered within three years; if a crime is constituted, the criminal responsibility shall be investigated according to law; the licensed pharmacist shall be rented out In case of registration certificate, the issuing department shall declare the certificate invalid, order to withdraw or confiscate it, and refuse to register the licensed pharmacist within three years In case of any illegal licensed pharmacist or enterprise, it shall be punished in accordance with relevant laws and regulations This regulation further curbs the licensed pharmacist's "hang up" behavior, and is conducive to ensuring the rational and safe use of drugs by consumers Not only that, the threshold of licensed pharmacists in China is also constantly increasing On August 22 of this year, China issued the notice on soliciting opinions from two drafts of regulations on the professional qualification system of licensed pharmacists and measures for the implementation of qualification examination, in order to improve the standards in terms of threshold, education background, quality and professionalism It is required to strengthen the occupational access control of pharmaceutical technicians, give full play to the role of licensed pharmacists in guiding rational drug use and strengthening drug quality management, so as to ensure the safety and effectiveness of public drug use According to the clear requirements of the 13th five year plan for national drug safety, by 2020, the service level of licensed pharmacists should be significantly improved, the system of licensed pharmacists should be improved, and the main managers of all retail pharmacies should have the qualification of licensed pharmacists and have licensed pharmacists to guide the rational use of drugs in business Each store must have more than 2 licensed pharmacists, and new pharmacies opened in 2015 must have more than 2 licensed pharmacists before registration According to the data, in 2017, the number of registered licensed pharmacists in China reached 408000, with a registration rate of 51.0%, down 1.7 percentage points year on year According to the industry, in terms of the demand for licensed pharmacists in pharmacies, the distribution rate of licensed pharmacists in pharmacies in 2017 was 82.2% At present, there is still a large gap in the number of licensed pharmacists in China, even if the proportion is 1:1 (the proportion of large stores is usually 1:2) In view of the large shortage of pharmacists, relevant people said that intelligent robots may be able to be "auxiliary" helpers to fill the shortage of pharmacists in pharmacies and guide the rational use of drugs But the domestic application of this aspect is still very good.