On March 15, a pilot project was announced to allow the sale of OTC drugs in convenience stores operated by large trading groups which also own pharmacy retail chains under the titel “Implementation of the Pilot Program of Class-B OTC Drugs Trading Reform in Guangdong Province”. With this plan, Guangdong Province supports efforts to save costs by encouraging large chain convenience store headquarters and drug retail chain enterprises in the same group to integrate with one another. The public can take advantages of the pilot convenience stores’ 24 hour availability by purchasing commonly used OTC drugs. On the same day, Guangzhou and Dongguan cities launched the Drug Business License for large convenience store chains selling OTC drugs as the provinces’s first pilot program.
广东率先启动经营乙类处方药跨界融合综合改革试点
来源：新浪看点 2022.03.15
3月15日起，《广东省经营乙类非处方药综合改革试点工作实施方案》正式实施。广东省探索出“跨界融合”的创新模式，即支持和鼓励属于同一集团管理的大型连锁便利店总部与药品零售连锁企业跨界融合，相互借力、节约成本。市民以后可以在试点的便利店享受24小时购药便利，购买常用乙类处方药。同日，广州、东莞在全省率先发出首批试点单位在大型连锁便利店经营乙类非处方药的《药品经营许可证》。
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