The sale of Chinese herbal pieces is limited! A group of drugstores may face the test of life and death

[pharmaceutical network industry trends] in order to curb the small and scattered market chaos in China's retail drugstore industry, classified management of drugstores has become a major trend Recently, Shandong Province also began to plan to promote the classified management policy of drugstores It is worth noting that in this draft soliciting opinion of Shandong Province, "Chinese Herbal Pieces" is clearly regarded as the division standard of the second and third types of drugstores In fact, in addition to Shandong Province, as early as March 15, 2018, Guangdong Province issued the administrative measures for classification of drug retail enterprises (for Trial Implementation), which classified drugstores into one, two and three categories For the second class stores, Guangdong Province will focus on Chinese herbal pieces, only the third class stores can operate Chinese herbal pieces, while the national second class stores can also operate Chinese herbal pieces "Formulate guidance documents for classified and classified management of retail pharmacies" is also one of the key tasks in the second half of 2018 At present, Shandong and Yunnan have successively stated their position to promote the classified and classified management methods of retail pharmacies in their respective jurisdictions According to the analysis of the insiders, if there is no contingency in the document release of the two provinces, then the next step is to use "Chinese Herbal Pieces" as the basis for the classification of retail drugstores, or it will be implemented nationwide On May 9 of this year, the annual report of 2018 drug regulatory statistics released by the State Food and drug administration showed that the number of retail drugstores in China rose to 489000 in 2018 from 454000 in 2017, a year-on-year increase of 7.7% By the end of November 2018, there were 5671 retail chains, 255000 retail chain stores and 234000 retail pharmacies Some drugstores believe that 2019 will be a bad year for 450000 drugstores, and a large number of drugstores will be merged or closed down At present, the national version stipulates that "class II pharmacies can operate Chinese Herbal Pieces" If "Chinese Herbal Pieces" become the basis of classified management of drugstores, there will be a number of drugstores that can no longer operate Chinese herbal pieces, and will face new pressure and challenges In addition, the renovation of licensed pharmacists will also bring crisis to pharmacies On March 15 this year, after the phenomenon of licensed pharmacists was exposed, the State Food and drug administration carried out a major rectification of licensed pharmacists' behavior in drug retail enterprises On March 19, the State Food and Drug Administration issued the notice of the comprehensive Department of the State Food and Drug Administration on carrying out the rectification of licensed pharmacists' behavior in drug retail enterprises, and carried out the rectification of licensed pharmacists' behavior in drug retail enterprises for six months in the country At the same time, since this year, the access threshold of licensed pharmacists has been greatly increased, and the supervision of licensed pharmacists' behavior has been continuously strengthened The industry believes that the classification and classification management system of retail drugstores or directly affected by the ranks of licensed pharmacists, drugstores will be tested for life and death According to Shi lichen, founder of Dingchen medical management consulting center in Beijing, only one sixth of drugstores can reach the AAA level stipulated by the state, and more than half of the 450000 drugstores are expected to close by then This also reminds all drugstores to equip licensed pharmacists as soon as possible In general, pharmacies should be equipped with licensed pharmacists under classified management According to the guidance on the classification and classification management of retail pharmacies in China (Draft for comments), by 2020, the classification and classification management system of retail pharmacies in most provinces and cities in China will be basically established; by 2025, the unified laws and policies on the classification and classification management of retail pharmacies nationwide will be basically established, and the coordination and linkage mechanism of departments will work well.