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    Pharmaceutical e-commerce wants to change major reform or make the industry exultant

    • Last Update: 2013-08-20
    • Source: Internet
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    August 19, 2013 source: mic366 wechat public platform learned from the source that recently, CFDA )The revision of China's pharmaceutical e-commerce policies and regulations is under investigation Although it is only in a small scope, the information disclosed by the general administration is to promote the development of pharmaceutical e-commerce in a very open manner Similar terms that only chain drugstores can apply for online transaction qualification (including medical devices) and some pre-approval terms may be changed At the same time, medical Under the principle of classified management, medical devices can apply for B2C e-commerce business independently According to the news, relevant CFDA executives said that "the development trend of pharmaceutical e-commerce is unstoppable, and the development of specialization is inevitable", which should be "combination of dredging and blocking, focusing on Dredging", and "by supporting more standardized operators, to combat the coverage of illegal operators" In the Interim Provisions on the approval of Internet drug trading services (hereinafter referred to as the provisions) issued on October 8, 2005, e-commerce of pharmaceutical enterprises is divided into three types, among which the enterprises providing Internet drug trading services (B2C) to individual consumers should be "drug chain retail enterprises established according to law" Due to the high threshold, only 100 enterprises have been approved in the past eight years More than online pharmacies (including medical devices) can't apply for the equipment e-commerce qualification for enterprises operating medical devices alone, and many of them have only been approved in recent two years, which to some extent affects the development process of the medical e-commerce industry An important content of CFDA research is to reduce the approval threshold of online pharmacies (pharmaceutical e-commerce) Only chain pharmacies can set up online pharmacies, which is likely to be modified or cancelled In the future, it is expected that single drugstores, even other institutions or individuals that account for more than two-thirds of the total number of drugstores can open online drugstores to engage in legal pharmaceutical e-commerce business The other content of the research is whether to list the medical devices in the future Medical device enterprises can independently apply for online transaction qualification to promote the development of medical device e-commerce According to the "Regulations" of 2005, "Internet drug trading service refers to the e-commerce activities that provide drug trading services (including medical devices, packaging materials and containers directly contacting drugs) through the Internet." That is to say, "drugs" include medical devices, packaging materials and containers that directly contact drugs However, medical devices cannot independently apply for online transactions But in fact, in the development of online pharmacies in recent years, some large online stores do not take drugs as the main products, but mainly sell family planning products or household medical devices Medical devices as a very mature industry, the field of e-commerce is also an inevitable trend From the tendency of "vigorously promoting the development of medical device e-commerce" in the survey and the opinion of whether to apply for the bid alone, it shows CFDA's open, pragmatic and forward-looking thinking attitude in the development of e-commerce It is also reported that in the investigation, it is also proposed to apply for medical e-commerce qualification or consider taking
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