Question 18375 — pharmacy and medicines

Summary

Mr. Victor Habert-Dassault draws the attention of the Minister Delegate to the Minister of Labor, Health and Solidarity, responsible for health and prevention, to the situation of community pharmacies in rural areas. For more than 15 years, the situation of these establishments has been deteriorating, leading to closures. 2,000 pharmacies have closed in 10 years. In Oise, 9% of them disappeared, going from 237 in 2015 to 212 Today. However, the community pharmacy has shown the essential work it performs in the French health system, following the health crisis. We must remember the masks, the tests distributed, the vaccines dispensed by pharmacists and their teams. Since then, these health professionals have suffered a shortage of medicines which punctuates and spoils their daily lives, like that of patients. Medicines as classic as amoxicillin or corticosteroids are missing. In this context, the plan to relocalize drug production capacities appears to be a priority. Local community pharmacies are also economically weakened due to conventional negotiations with health insurance which are at a standstill, rising charges, falling drug prices, potential online sales, jeopardizing their continuity. He would like to know how the Government intends to combat drug shortages in the long term and to know the measures envisaged by the Government to support pharmacies in rural areas.

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