The sale of drugs in supermarkets is not considered by the government, this is what Marisol Touraine said on Friday.
Marisol Touraine has said no to the sale of drugs in supermarkets. Indeed, while yesterday the Competition Authority proposed to open a breach in the monopoly of pharmacies for the sale of self-medication products in supermarkets, the Minister of Health implicitly closed the door in particular to Michel-Edouard Leclerc. The latter has been campaigning for years to be able to sell these drugs in its supermarkets.
The minister told AFP on Friday that “the hypothesis of a sale of drugs, even not subject to compulsory prescription, in supermarkets, is not being considered by the government”. Chance of the calendar, no doubt, this declaration comes on the day of the launch of the online sale of non-prescription drugs on sites backed by a real pharmacy. According to her entourage, “the Minister is particularly attentive to ensuring that the drug circuit is secure and that the consumption of drugs is controlled”.
This position will undoubtedly reassure the Order of Pharmacists. Because according to Isabelle Adenot, president of the National Council of the Order of Pharmacists, thanks to this monopoly of pharmacists “it is the safety of the patient that is preserved, but also the survival of a profession” And the president recalled in a interview at why actor that “the drug is not a product like any other. You have to be really careful about its proper use ”. “Today, every three days, a pharmacy closes (…) and that in a few days you will have two pharmacies out of 3 which are overdrawn in terms of their cash flow”, added Isabelle Adenot.
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