Prescription drug Sales policy loosened

Since the prescription drug has been unable to open up sales in the online pharmacy, become the shackles of the development of pharmaceutical electric business, this prescription drug sales can be ayu, domestic medical and electronic business will usher in a blowout-type development.

In order to strengthen the Internet food and drug management and safeguard food and drug safety, the state Food and Drug Administration recently issued the "Internet Food and drug management measures (draft)". The eighth article stipulates that Internet drug operators shall, in accordance with the requirements of the Management of drug classification, sell prescription drugs by prescription, and the standard, format and validity period of prescriptions shall conform to the relevant provisions of the administration of prescriptions.

In addition to access to the Internet value-added telecommunications business license, with online inquiries, generate orders, electronic contracts, online payments, such as transaction services, the tenth article also stipulates that engaged in internet drugs, medical devices operating, should also have the following conditions: to carry out online consulting services, sales of prescription drugs, a class of over-the-counter drugs , the establishment of a licensed pharmacist's online pharmacist service system, by the licensed pharmacist responsible for the examination and supervision of prescriptions to guide the rational use of drugs.

Previously, Internet drug operators may not sell prescription drugs, due to illegal sales of prescription drugs fined online pharmacies. At the beginning of 2014, 10 online pharmacies in Guangzhou were ordered to suspend the Internet drug trading service due to illegal sales of prescription drugs by the Food and Drug Administration of Guangdong province. According to the disclosure, for the involved enterprises, Guangdong Provincial Food and Drug Administration, the suspension of service, the official website and the third party platform shall not be transactions, only after rectification through acceptance, before resumption of business.

Prescription drugs have been unable to open up sales in the online pharmacy, becoming the shackles of the development of pharmaceutical and electrical business. All along, the industry has been urging policy to adjust. The request for comments made clear that the Internet drug operators should be in accordance with the requirements of drug classification management, prescription sales prescription drugs, which means that online pharmacies selling prescription drugs "lifted."

The news, the industry excited abnormal, that this is a major positive for the pharmaceutical industry news! At present, pharmaceutical manufacturers of the main products to the OTC, health products, household medical equipment, pharmaceutical makeup, family planning products, etc. mainly. The industry expects to release prescription drugs according to classification, for example, diabetes, hypertension and other chronic diseases of the long-term use of varieties, will certainly open up, and anesthesia, such as the control of psychotropic drugs will not be released; some herbal medicines are estimated to be purchased only by registering, while cardiovascular disease must be purchased by prescription.

From the number can be a glimpse of the current survival status of the online pharmacy. According to the data released by the China Electronic Commerce Research Center, the entire pharmaceutical E-commerce market in 2010 is about 200 million yuan, and only three years, to 2013 online medicine market size reached 4 billion yuan. However, compared with the prescription drug market, the market size of 4 billion yuan is "dwarfed". Public data show that China's market share of prescription drugs is about 800 billion yuan, while over-the-counter drugs are only 200 billion yuan. The high margin of prescription drugs, high price and market share, if the cake was cut, the market prospects are very considerable. All along, the prescription drug market is basically occupied by the hospital, if the online pharmacy prescription drug sales can be ayu, the domestic pharmaceutical electricity business will usher in a blowout-type development.

In addition to the pharmaceutical industry positive, the lifting of prescription drugs is also a good policy for the benefit of the people, to help solve the problem of expensive and difficult to see a doctor. If prescription drugs can be bought online pharmacies, chronic patients do not have to go to hospital long queues to buy medicine, and the biggest feature of electronic business is transparent, the price will be significantly reduced. In addition, the Internet food and drug operators should ensure that the source of food and drug licit, quality, and retain a complete and effective Supplier qualification certificate, purchase and sale vouchers and electronic account records, etc. shall not be less than 5 years. This means that the online pharmacy product transactions are well documented, once the drug quality problems, a check can know the source and direction of drugs, conducive to regulation.

From the draft can be seen, the state Food and Drug Administration has to strengthen the Internet food and drug management of the determination of the policy formulation on the put, the tight, the penalty. The draft made it clear that Internet drugs and medical device operators may not sell drugs or medical devices that the state prohibits Internet operation. The catalogue of drugs and medical devices prohibiting Internet operation is promulgated by the State administration of Food and Drug Administration.

The opinion also points out that the food and drug information issued by the Internet Food and drug operators shall not contain any false or exaggerated content, and that the published Food and health food information shall not be related to the function of disease prevention and treatment, without registration or filing shall not claim to have a specific health function; Information on drugs such as radioactive drugs, drug addiction and medical institutions. Once you violate the relevant rules, you have to fined. Sales of drugs that prohibit Internet Operation Medical Device Catalogue "drugs, medical equipment, or not by prescription sales of prescription drugs, ordered to correct, and sentenced to 10,000 yuan or more than 30,000 yuan below the fine, in a limited period of time refused to correct, serious circumstances, the transfer of Communications Management department to stop its access to services or the closure of illegal web sites.

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