Alarm for pharmacies: Foreign groups endanger our care!

Alarm for pharmacies: Foreign groups endanger our care!

In North Rhine-Westphalia, the representatives of the free professions raise the alarm. They draw attention to the impending weakening of the medium -sized structure through large foreign corporations. This danger affects not only pharmacies, but also other free professions that are increasingly under pressure. Abda President Thomas Prize speaks for a mail order for prescription medicines, as has already been practiced in many EU countries. This is particularly important because the pharmacies for general services, including night and emergency services, are indispensable. AV-NR reports that the increasing power of mail order pharmacies threatens, but also a threat to basic medical care.

The challenges for the on-site pharmacies are immense. According to aposecur use systematic weaknesses of the presentation, while the state-owned savings measures continue to worsen the pharmacies. "The aggressive advertising of mail-order pharmacies, which work with slogans like 'pharmacy? DocMorris!'

Due to the unequal cost structure, many pharmacy owners feel strategically disempowered. The mail -order pharmacies can also use and transport tax benefits abroad through company -owned abroad. While the inpatient pharmacies are subject to strict exams, mail order pharmacies often work in less regulated environments. This unequal competitive landscape continues to call for political support for the local pharmacy structure.

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