In recent years, the online sales of drugs have shown a rapid development momentum
.
Especially since the outbreak of the epidemic, under the circumstance of restricting social distancing and isolating people at home, the online drug sales model of online ordering stores has become one
of the ways for many pharmacies to increase customer flow and performance.
However, it is worth noting that at the same time, the rectification of online drug sales in the country and even in various places has begun to become more and more stringent and frequent
.
It is reported that in June this year, the "Internet Diagnosis and Treatment Supervision Rules (Trial)" was officially released, which made it clear that when medical institutions carry out Internet diagnosis and treatment activities, prescriptions should be issued by the receiving physician himself, and the use of artificial intelligence and other automatic prescriptions is strictly prohibited
.
It is strictly forbidden to provide medicines
to patients before a prescription is prescribed.
It is strictly forbidden to unify the party and supplement the party for commercial purposes
.
In addition, the Measures for the Supervision and Administration of Online Drug Sales (hereinafter referred to as the Measures) issued by the State Administration for Market Regulation will be implemented from December 1,
2022.
The Measures also stipulate
the management of drug network sales, the performance of platform responsibilities, supervision and inspection measures and legal liabilities.
The document makes it clear that seven types of drugs must not be sold online, and the real-name system is implemented
for prescription drugs sold online.
The industry believes that whether it is the 100 billion online drug market or the 10 billion online prescription drug market, the introduction of the Measures will undoubtedly have a significant impact on the market, and the loopholes that bypass supervision on the original line will be blocked
.
At the same time, the e-commerce platform will pay more attention to the review of the authenticity of prescriptions, and be more cautious about foreign prescriptions, which will help promote the benign development of
the pharmaceutical e-commerce industry.
At present, in addition to the state constantly regulating the development of online drug sales, various localities are actually carrying out the rectification of
online drug sales.
It is reported that on February 24, Shaanxi Province in-depth drug safety special rectification action video conference was held, the Provincial Food and Drug Administration said that it will carry out a one-year special drug safety rectification action throughout the province, of which online sales of drugs are also among
the key supervision.
In order to carry out in-depth special rectification actions for drug safety, the Linyi Municipal Market Supervision Bureau is also continuously increasing the supervision of drug network sales, incorporating the clues of suspected violations of laws and regulations in drug network sales into the key content of the city's rectification, and severely punishing and publicly exposing illegal acts such as operating drugs without a license through the online sales platform, operating drugs without registration and approval, operating products suspected of counterfeit drugs, and using false addresses to register Linyi City's "Business License" to carry out illegal online sales of drugs in other cities
。 In June, the Linyi Municipal Market Supervision Bureau exposed 38 market entities
that illegally sold drugs online.
It is worth mentioning that the Guangxi Food and Drug Administration recently issued a notice that it will carry out a three-month special action for the supervision of the drug network market throughout the region, focusing on rectifying the prominent problems in the drug network market, standardizing the competition order, optimizing the consumption environment, preventing and resolving major risks and hidden dangers, and promoting the healthy and sustainable development of
the drug network market.
It is understood that the main tasks of this special operation are four: First, to crack down on illegal acts of online drug sales; The second is to crack down on illegal acts of online sales of medical devices; The third is to crack down on illegal acts of online sales of cosmetics; The fourth is to strictly investigate false and illegal advertisements
involving drugs, medical devices, cosmetics, myopia prevention and control products for children and adolescents, and so on.
