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Under the epidemic, "the pass is sad", and the life of pharmacies is difficult...

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According to the National Health Commission, as of 0-24 o'clock on November 29, there were 4,236 new local confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia and 33,376 new local asymptomatic infections
.
Since entering November, the national epidemic situation has changed rapidly, in response to the latest development, many places across the country have tightened control over pharmacy supervision, pharmacy operation and other links, including stopping the sale of "four types of drugs", closing pharmacies for rectification, buying drugs without entering stores and other prevention and control arrangements
.
Now, it is close to the end of the year, and the revenue on the books is far less than the same period last year, and many pharmacy people sigh, "I hope that the policy can think more about our pharmacies and the people, now the pressure of life and mental pressure is too great
.
" "It's harder
to buy some cold medicine for everyday use than to climb into the sky.
" "It's sad under the epidemic, when is the hard life of the pharmacy a head.
.
.
" 01 Stop selling "four types of drugs", pharmacies have bitter words One of the difficulties under the epidemic: the suspension of the sale of "four types of drugs", the revenue of pharmacies is almost "cut"
.
Some pharmacy operators revealed that antiviral drugs account for about 6% of pharmacy sales, and colds account for about 9%.

"The suspension of the sale of the four classes of drugs directly cuts at least 15% of sales
.
" Nowadays, in some areas, the control measures on the "four types of drugs" are still very strict, requiring the complete suspension of the sale of the "four types of drugs" and all of them are removed from the shelves and sealed
.
It affects not only large and small pharmacies, but also the industrial enterprises
behind them.
For example, on November 21, the Information Office of Ningbo Beilun District Government said that from the same day (21st), retail pharmacies in the city suspended the sales of four major categories of
epidemic surveillance drugs, including antipyretic, cough, antiviral, and antibiotic.
On November 20, the Office of the Emergency Command for the Prevention and Control of the New Coronary Pneumonia Epidemic in Bozhou City's Qiancheng District issued a notice requiring all retail pharmacies (including online sales) in the district to suspend the sale of "one withdrawal and two antibodies" drugs
.
The implementation period is tentatively set for five days, until 24:00 on November 25
.
Fortunately, although some regions require the comprehensive removal of "four types of drugs" or strict management of "one withdrawal and two antibodies", with the normalization of epidemic prevention and control, the sales of "four types of drugs" in pharmacies have become more and more humane
from "one-size-fits-all" suspension to "refined management" 。 On November 21, the joint prevention and control mechanism of the State Council issued four important documents in a row, which clearly put forward the requirements for drug buyers: after the emergence of a local epidemic, pharmacies in the jurisdiction should carry out real-name registration of personnel who purchase antipyretic, antiviral, antibiotic, cough and cold drugs and push them to the streets (communities) of the jurisdiction for management, promptly urge drug users to carry out nucleic acid testing, and if necessary, first carry out one antigen test
.
This also shows that the sales principle of "four types of drugs" has been optimized as much as possible
.
It was emphasized that after the emergence of the local epidemic, residents can still purchase relevant drugs, but they need to register the purchasers with their real names and do nucleic acid tests
.
On November 23, the Guangdong Provincial Food and Drug Administration issued a document to adjust
the relevant requirements.
According to the document requirements, Guangdong will adopt differentiated management for drugs in the Catalogue of Drugs Requiring Registration and Reporting during the Epidemic, among which, retail pharmacies in high-risk areas will suspend sales, pharmacies in low-risk areas will register and report, and retail pharmacies in other regions will not need to register for
drugs sold in the List.
02 Citizens buy drugs "do not enter the store", and the impact of online platforms is great The second difficulty under the epidemic: pharmacy operations are restricted in many aspects, and the impact of online platforms is strong
.
Generally speaking, what steps do citizens need to go through to enter a pharmacy to buy medicine? Scanning the code and "three inspections" are indispensable
when entering the store.
Before entering the pharmacy, citizens need to scan the "venue code" posted by the pharmacy with their mobile phones, and at the same time present the nucleic acid test status, health code, and itinerary card for the pharmacy staff to check and cooperate with the body temperature measurement, and meet the requirements before entering the store to purchase medicines
.
Members of the public are required to wear masks at all times when entering pharmacies to purchase medicines
.
In addition, in order to reduce the risk of infection caused by crowd gathering and lifting, pharmacies in many places have begun to implement the "buy medicine without entering the store" business method, in which consumers inform them of their illness or the drugs they need to buy, and pharmacy staff pick up drugs on their behalf, and a series of drug purchase processes from drug collection to payment are carried out
outside the pharmacy.
Some pharmacy people reflected: "Selling drugs is also a domino effect, 'four types of drugs' cannot be sold, can not enter the store, the sales of other drugs have naturally been affected
.
" ” Moreover, in addition to coping with the various problems brought about by the epidemic, offline physical pharmacies also have to face the impact
of online platforms on physical pharmacies.
It can be seen that under the epidemic, there are more and more online drug purchase platforms, and the emergence of these platforms has indeed facilitated the purchase of drugs by the public
.
However, it cannot be ignored that in addition to formal operation, some platform merchants also have low-price drainage, discounted inventory, and malicious competition deliberately hanging low prices
.
In order to attract customer flow, some platforms have exhausted various promotional methods, and many offline pharmacies have taken away the customer flow
.
03 Compliance costs have become high, and many pharmacies have been shut down The third difficulty under the epidemic: the cost of compliance has become high, and pharmacies in many places have been closed for rectification
.
On November 28, the Food Safety Office of Zhuangzhai Town, Heze City, Shandong Province, combined with the Institute of Market Regulation, focused on supervising the implementation of epidemic prevention and control measures in pharmacies, supermarkets and other public places in its jurisdiction
.
During the inspection, it was found that a pharmacy did not strictly implement epidemic prevention measures such as temperature measurement and code scanning, and ordered it to suspend business for rectification
.
On November 23, during the inspection of epidemic prevention and control, law enforcement personnel of the Hohhot Xincheng District Market Supervision Administration found that a pharmacy had not sold drugs by queuing outside the store, maintaining a safe distance, and handing over goods without contact, and failed to fully implement epidemic prevention and control measures
.
In response to the above-mentioned behavior of the store, law enforcement officers demanded that it be closed immediately for rectification
.
From October 25 to 27, the market supervision system of Dezhou City, Shandong Province conducted a full-coverage inspection
of 1,487 pharmacies in the city.
During the inspection, it was found that 22 pharmacies had weak awareness of epidemic prevention and control, measures were not in place, and there were major safety risks, and they were ordered to close down for rectification
in accordance with laws and regulations.
Since the beginning of this year, the epidemic has spread in many places, and pharmacies should play the role of "sentinel points" to guard the key points of epidemic prevention and control, and the cost of compliance has increased
compared with before the epidemic.
Some pharmacy people reflected: "The income on the books has not increased much, but if you want to maintain normal business under the epidemic, you need to worry a lot
.
" "This makes it harder for pharmacies to do business
.
04 Business is not good, and some pharmacy owners have begun to sell counterfeit medicines Under the epidemic, what should I do if the pharmacy business is not good? Some pharmacies couldn't survive, and the boss took the risk to sell counterfeit drugs in the store, and paid a heavy price - he was sentenced to 1 year and 3 months
in prison.
In April, regulators in Tianjin's Baodi district discovered that a local pharmacy was counterfeit and was prosecuted and sentenced to a procuratorial officer
, according to a June report by the Procuratorial Daily.
After investigation: From 2020 to September 2021, Pan and Wang started the crooked idea of the elderly and sold counterfeit drugs to them for improper benefits
due to the slump in the pharmacy business they operated.
Pan and Wang purchased a large number of "muscles and bones pain elimination" drugs (mainly hormones, which can temporarily reduce the pain of knee joints, lumbar discs, and rheumatism patients) from drug dealers at low prices, and sold them to the elderly through door-to-door sales and customer introduction, and later put the drug for sale in pharmacies, making a total profit of 160,000 yuan
in two years.
According to the identification of relevant departments, the "muscles and bones pain elimination pills" sold by the pharmacy are counterfeit drugs
.
Information on the website of the State Food and Drug Administration shows that the variety of "musculoskeletal pain elimination pills" does not exist
.
During the review and prosecution stage, Pan and Wang confessed to selling counterfeit drugs
.
In the end, the heads of the pharmacy, Pan and Wang, were sentenced to 1 year and 3 months
in prison on suspicion of selling counterfeit drugs.
The above situation should not be expected by many pharmacy people
.
In July this year, the background of the Minai Retail Watch public account also received a message from readers: "The pharmacy has been losing money since the epidemic, it can't hold on, and it will close next month
.
" "This may also be the epitome of many pharmacy people
.
In fact, before that, pharmacies have faced many pressures such as medical insurance reform, drug centralized procurement, e-commerce impact, and industry involvement, and now superimposed on the impact of the epidemic, many problems have emerged, and the survival and development of pharmacies is really not easy
.
However, it is worth noting that this afternoon, Tianhe, Haizhu, Panyu, Liwan, Huangpu and other districts in Guangzhou successively issued notices to lift the control measures of the temporary control areas of relevant streets, and many places in Baiyun, Huadu, Nansha, Conghua and Zengcheng areas were adjusted to low-risk areas
.
multipleAfter the regional lockdown, pharmacies in Guangzhou may usher in new changes, and coupled with the above-mentioned policy adjustment of the Guangdong Provincial Food and Drug Administration on the sales of "four types of drugs", the situation of pharmacies subject to "four types of drugs" and "silent control" may also be improved
.
Moreover, according to the Guangdong Health Commission, from 0-24 on November 29, 6,995 new local asymptomatic infections were reported in Guangzhou, and another 695 local asymptomatic cases were confirmed
.
Compared with the 8000+ and 9000+ numbers some time ago, the "6 head" seems to be a little milder, but it still cannot relax its vigilance
.
It is said that the darkest hour before dawn is the hardest, but before dawn really comes, all pharmacies can do is try their best to survive.
.
.

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