The compound growth rate of online drugstore sales has reached nearly 70% and new medicine retail has become a trend

[market analysis of chinapharma.com] according to the data of the blue book of China's pharmaceutical market development in 2018 released on August 10, the terminal sales volume of China's pharmaceutical market in the first half of 2018 increased by 6.9% year-on-year to 859 billion yuan In addition, according to the data, the sales volume of retail drugstores in the quarter of 2018 increased by 7.1% year on year, reaching 190.4 billion On the other hand, the drug sales in the online drugstore market increased by 42.5% year on year, reaching 5 billion yuan It is reported that in the past five years, the composite growth rate of online pharmacy market sales has reached 69.5%, with a rapid growth rate By the end of 2017, there were 693 certificates (C certificates) approved by CFDA for Internet drug trading services In recent years, exploring the interaction and integration of Internet channels and traditional retail pharmacies to create a new linkage mode in the field of drug retail has become the common choice of pharmaceutical e-commerce and physical pharmacies In the era of new retail medicine, Internet plus has become a new format of industry convergence For the pharmaceutical retail market, which has a growing demand, the pharmaceutical market has a congenital advantage to develop new retail Consumers can not only obtain daily medication from smart pharmacies, but also carry out health management along with it Instead of the one-time consumption of offline drugstore consumers who "go after buying", they turn to health service management Those off-line pharmacies, which symbolize the concept of "new medicine retail", almost have one thing in common: open up business modules in e-commerce, mobile medicine and other aspects with Internet technology, and realize closed-loop health management In any case, the emergence of new retail medicine not only made up for the deficiency of the pharmaceutical industry, but also accelerated the Internet plus medical health era Anyway, this change is a favorite thing for consumers Although China is still in its infancy in the field of new medicine retail, the industry said that with the continuous promotion of China's policies and the rapid development of technology, it is believed that new medicine retail will develop better and better in the future With the frequent policy spring breeze and the rapid implementation of relevant standards, the development of new pharmaceutical retail will become more and more firm For example, the early 2018 issued the "Internet plus medical health" development proposal (State Office [2018] 26), explicitly allow the development of Internet hospitals relying on medical institutions, support the exploration of medical institutions prescription information and drug retail information sharing, open online open pharmacist audit, the third party drug distribution process, accelerate the realization of online payment and medical insurance Station Type "settlement On August 3, the guidance on the reform and improvement of the comprehensive supervision system of the medical and health industry was issued The opinion requires that relevant departments speed up the revision of standards and standards for new technologies, new equipment and new formats of medical and health services such as "Internet plus medical health" The release of various policies has undoubtedly brought reassurance to the new pharmaceutical retail industry and practitioners It is reported that with the strong support of the policy, some pharmaceutical enterprises are now realizing the cross domain of 0-1, continuously deepening the development and layout in the new retail field, and relying on the Internet, through the use of big data, artificial intelligence and other advanced technical means, reshaping the business structure and ecology In addition, some enterprises have strong alliance and complementary advantages They have launched in-depth and deep strategic cooperation in many fields, such as pharmaceutical logistics, value supply chain, business development, etc to build an integrated pharmaceutical logistics ecosystem and help the whole pharmaceutical industry upgrade, improve quality and efficiency The new retail of medicine will become the development direction of the industry The author has learned that some enterprises have also established the pilot of artificial intelligence pharmacy It integrates advanced face recognition, natural language processing, machine learning and other artificial intelligence technology applications Through the introduction of intelligent AI health consultant Amika (Amika), face recognition system and other intelligent health equipment, it provides users with intelligent characteristic services According to the industry, with the release of various national policies on promoting the development of artificial intelligence industry and promoting the integration of artificial intelligence and various industries, there has been a boom in the landing of artificial intelligence industry in China Among them, the health industry is one of the industries suitable for the layout of artificial intelligence applications With the application of various new technologies, the new retail industry of medicine will usher in a new situation.