The conditions and procedures for opening a pharmacy
I. The opening of a pharmaceutical retail enterprise should be in line with the number of the local resident population, geographic area, traffic conditions and the actual needs of the requirements, in line with the principle of facilitating the purchase of medicines by the public, and in line with the following set of provisions:
(a) with the rules and regulations to ensure the quality of medicines operated;
(b) with the qualification according to law Recognized pharmacy technicians (pharmacists);
(c) with the business premises, equipment, storage facilities and sanitary environment appropriate to the operation of drugs. Retail pharmacies set up in supermarkets and other commercial enterprises, must have an independent area (business premises in urban areas, warehouse area requirements of not less than 30 square meters and 10 square meters, respectively, and appropriate relaxation of the rural areas);
(d) have the ability to be able to equip to meet the needs of local consumers of drugs.
Two, the start-up of drug retail enterprises in accordance with the following procedures for the "Drug License":
(a) the applicant to the local county-level Drug Administration to submit an application for preparatory work, and submit the following materials:
The legal representative of the proposed enterprise, the person in charge of the enterprise, the person in charge of quality of the original education, practicing qualifications or title certificates, copies and personal resume and professional and technical personnel Qualification certificate, letter of appointment;
The scope of the proposed business of drugs;
The proposed business premises, storage facilities, equipment.
(ii) the Drug Administration from the date of acceptance of the application within 30 working days, the declaration materials for review, to make a decision on whether to agree to the preparatory work, and notify the applicant in writing.
(C) the applicant to complete the preparatory work, the Drug Administration to submit an application for acceptance, and submit the following materials:
drug license application form;
industrial and commercial administration department issued by the proposed business approval documents;
business premises, warehouse layout and proof of property rights or the right to use the house;
qualified in accordance with law Qualification certificates and appointment letters of pharmacy professionals and technicians recognized by law;
Quality management documents of the proposed enterprise and the catalog of major facilities and equipment.
Process
In accordance with the provisions of the Drug Administration to set up all the hardware facilities, including air conditioning, computers, shelves, counters, etc., according to the requirements of the hiring of 1-2 pharmacists or licensed pharmacists, a number of salespersons, and then ask the Drug Administration to acceptance, after passing the issue of the "Drug Business License" to you, you take this certificate to the local industry and commerce department, the tax department to apply for a business license, tax registration certificate, and if you plan to Sales of health products, and then to the Health Supervision for the "Food Hygiene License", according to the pharmacy function the larger, the more certificates you need, the most basic is the "Drug License", "Licensed Pharmacist Certificate", "Medical Device License", "Health Permit", "Health Certificate", "GSP Certification", these are done can be imported from the pharmacy company to open a store.
The above is about some of the conditions and processes needed to open a pharmacy, I believe we have an understanding. Geographically different, the conditions are not the same, if you really want to open a pharmacy, I recommend that you go to the local government center drug supervision window (or Drug Administration) to consult.
The management model of the pharmacy will change
Recently, the reporter was informed at the 2016 China Drug Circulation Industry Annual Conference that in 2017 the Ministry of Commerce will promote the pilot work of retail pharmacy grading and classification management, and give a certain policy preference to eligible pharmacies with a high level, in addition to the sale of the appropriate medicines, but also the docking of health insurance, medical institutions prescriptions.
Drugstores accelerate transformation
According to statistics, the number of national pharmaceutical retail chain enterprises has reached about 5,000, with about 458,000 chain stores and single pharmacies. There exists a huge space for integration and potential for Internet upgrading in their retail business. With the successive listing of Yixintang and Laozi, pharmaceutical retail enterprises have been recognized by domestic and international capital markets, and some pharmaceutical retail enterprises have accelerated the pace of restructuring and merger to seize market opportunities in the retail sector through regional alliances, regional restructuring and cross-border reorganization.
"In the future, China's retail pharmacy market will tend to be diversified, i.e., diversified product types (nutritional and healthcare products) + professional services (DTP model, chronic disease treatment, healthcare services) + doctors and retail stores (providing traditional Chinese medical diagnostic services in retail stores), and e-commerce will become an important sales channel. " An industry participant gave this prediction on the future changes in China's retail market.
Lan Bo, chairman of Yunnan Jianzhijia, believes that high-quality retail terminals are now receiving great attention from upstream enterprises. Chain enterprises have become the representatives of high-quality terminals, especially the chain drugstore enterprises with standardized management. The intensification of chain enterprises saves a lot of costs for upstream enterprises.
Pharmacy grading speed
In the past two years, a series of pharmaceutical policy intensively introduced, the purpose is to promote, deepen the health care reform, which, the reform of the field of drug circulation is to promote the health care reform of an aspect.
"In 2017, we will select some areas of drug retailers as a pilot pharmacy classification and management. Through the graded classification management pilot, we will accelerate the chaining and informatization of the retail industry, and at the same time force wholesale enterprises to intensify and integrate, modernize and standardize logistics and distribution, and e-commerce to develop in the direction of comprehensive services such as medical care, so as to promote the transformation and upgrading of retailing, wholesaling, e-commerce, and logistics, in order to build up a good circulation environment. Certain policy preferences are given to eligible pharmacies with high levels, which can be docked to medical insurance and medical institutions' prescriptions in addition to selling the corresponding medicines." Wei Zili, director of the Fair Competition Division of the Market Order Department of the Ministry of Commerce, said.
It is understood that in December 2012, the Ministry of Commerce Market Order Division in the "retail pharmacy business service norms" proposed the implementation of graded classification management of pharmacies, retail pharmacy grading work under the guidance of the Ministry of Commerce. Retail drugstores are graded and managed in terms of A-grade, and are categorized from high to low as AAA, AA, and A-grade, in accordance with the Retail Drugstore Grading Standards. The retail pharmacy grading standards give reference standards for business area, logo pattern, licensed pharmacist (pharmacist) post supervision public signage, drug supply capacity, staffing and training, and pharmacy service capacity.
Subsequently, localities have been advancing one after another, in July 2014, the Beijing Food and Drug Administration issued the "Drug Retailer Rating and Classification Management Rules (Trial)", and in December 2014, the Hubei Provincial Food and Drug Administration issued the "Hubei Provincial Drug Retailer Rating and Classification Management Pilot Implementation Program".