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    The online drug sales behavior is further standardized, and the mailing of prescription drugs is stopped in an all-round way!

    • Last Update: 2019-11-23
    • Source: Internet
    • Author: User
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    [policies and regulations of pharmaceutical network] a few days ago, the negative list of market access (2019 version) was officially released There are 9 relevant market access regulations in the field of medicine The fifth item clearly states: "pharmaceutical production and trading enterprises shall not directly sell prescription drugs to the public by mail or internet transaction in violation of regulations." It can be seen that online drug sales will be further standardized and industry supervision will be stricter Internet marketing of prescription drugs is the focus of public attention for a long time Some netizens think that the network sale of prescription drugs will bring security risks, including the illegal sale of drugs by unlicensed and unqualified individuals, the illegal sale of counterfeit and shoddy products, the illegal sale of prescription drugs, exaggeration of publicity, non drug counterfeiting of drugs, etc in addition, there are also hidden dangers in the distribution process There are also netizens who think that "the way is to die, but people are alive" should not be killed Online sales of prescription drugs can make people use good drugs faster and affordable Therefore, online sales of prescription drugs should be strengthened in-process and afterwards supervision to meet the needs of the masses Previously, some media reported that the newly revised Drug Administration Law "set the tone" for the controversial online prescription drugs: adopting an "inclusive and prudent" attitude, prescription drugs can be sold through the Internet under certain conditions The newly revised Drug Administration Law will come into force on December 1, 2019 It is required that the network sale of drugs shall comply with the relevant provisions on drug distribution, and at the same time, it is stipulated that drugs under special management of the state such as vaccines, blood products, narcotic drugs, psychotropic drugs, toxic drugs for medical use, radioactive drugs, etc shall not be sold on the network According to the newly revised Drug Administration Law, online drug sales will adhere to the principle of online and offline same standards and integrated supervision For example, the main body of online sales must be the entity enterprise that has obtained the license Only when there is a license offline, can online sales of drugs When selling drugs online, the requirements of the newly revised Drug Administration Law on retail operation shall be observed Considering the particularity of the drugs sold on the Internet, there are more strict requirements for the prescription drugs sold on the Internet For example, the drug sales network must be interconnected with the information system of the medical institutions, and the information can be shared, so as to ensure the authenticity of the source of the prescriptions and the safety of the patients In addition, the distribution must also meet the requirements of the drug quality standards The author understands that the newly revised Drug Management Law was once considered by the pharmaceutical circle that the online sale of prescription drugs was completely opened by the state, but from the document regulations released this time, the post and online sales of prescription drugs have reached the time when the formal regulatory regulations are issued, which is no longer simply "online and offline consistency" In addition, it is worth mentioning that at the 2019 national pharmaceutical economic information conference held recently, it was reported that the drug regulatory bureau is studying and developing the regulatory measures for drug online sales, which will allow the conditional release of online sales of prescription drugs Xu Shengmin, deputy inspector of the Department of drug supervision and administration of the State Food and drug administration, said that the research and development of the regulatory measures had been launched last year and would be standardized in many aspects, such as including the drug sales on the mobile Internet into the regulation, including microblog, wechat, QQ, mobile app, etc.; the online drug sales should be in line with the drug GSP and the process should be strictly controlled In general, the future drug network sales will be more standardized and healthy development, and better protect the rights and interests of the public.
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