Online pharmacies will be included in the scope of health care, breaking the internet can not sell prescription drug regulations

The internet's inability to sell prescription drugs will break. Later, the Internet will be able to sell prescription drugs, online pharmacies will be included in the scope of health care.

The reporter was informed that the state Food and Drug Administration in the National People's Congress to recommend the reply letter, the State Food and Drug Administration is developing a network of prescription drug related directories, the initial plan to be part of the relatively safe treatment of common diseases, chronic diseases of prescription drugs into the catalogue.

For chronic patients, this means that they do not have to take the hospital prescription to the hospital in line to buy prescription drugs, but can easily place a single, such as medicine to the delivery. According to current state regulations, if there is no doctor's prescription, in the physical pharmacies can not buy prescription drugs, online pharmacies are clearly stipulated not to sell prescription drugs.

Representatives of the NPC, Cheziron, chairman of the People's large pharmacy, and other 4 representatives last year submitted a "pilot online pharmacy sales of prescription drugs." Cheziron said that 2012 China's online pharmacy sales total less than 1.7 billion yuan, not to the drug retail market share of 1%, and online shopping rapid development in sharp contrast.

The state Food and Drug Administration said in a letter to the reply last August that the state Food and Drug Administration is studying the establishment of the "Internet Food and drug management measures", intended to allow the sale of prescription drugs through the internet.

At the same time, the state Food and Drug Administration is studying the development of a network of prescription drugs can be sold on the list, the initial plan will be some of the more safe treatment of common diseases, chronic diseases of prescription drugs into the catalogue, hope that through the form of catalog release, gradually promote and standardize the internet sales of prescription