スペインのカタルーニャ自治州の40の薬局が違法に国内定価よりも高く薬品を国外に輸出して金儲けして、罰金刑に
Cataluña multa a 40 farmacias por venta ilegal de medicinas para exportar
El negocio consiste en vender fuera por un importe superior fármacos que en España tienen un precio tasado
Este comercio causa desabastecimiento de determinadas medicinas
Antía Castedo Barcelona 5 FEB 2014 - 00:02 CET
Catalonia fine at 40 pharmacies illegally selling drugs to export
The business of selling out for a higher amount drugs in Spain have an appraised price
This trade causes shortages of certain drugs
Castedo Antía Barcelona 5 FEB 2014 - 00:02 CET
Export of medicines in Spain regulated price , cheaper than the international free market is an illegal practice that can cause supply shortages and leaving hundreds of patients without the drugs they need. The problem has worsened recently in Catalonia, where transplanted patients have encountered difficulties in buying pharmacies immunosuppressants needed to prevent your body from rejecting the organs they received. The Generalitat of Catalonia and the College of Pharmacists of Barcelona ( COFB ) have begun to pursue this practice hardest . Specifically , the Department of Health has imposed 40 penalties , from January 2013 to pharmacies for this reason and COFB issued an internal circular to its members threatening to " take firm action against those involved in such practices " and tells them that he will " work with the Administration to detect improper conduct ."
The sale of drugs in Spain from laboratories that manufacture to wholesalers follows two tracks . The first is the price of drugs regulated by the State which , after passing through wholesalers, pharmacies reach prescription to be sold to the public. In the second , having free prices and therefore higher , wholesalers can sell drugs abroad.
Illegality stockouts is causing divert the foreign market, which is free , drugs regulated price in order to benefit from the price difference . The so-called " reverse distribution " is that pharmacies offices , instead of selling prescription medicines to the public , they do wholesale business then exported. This practice affects mostly expensive drugs or offering a large profit margin explains the Generalitat .
Vending offices divert the products they buy from wholesalers
Although Catalan Government recognizes that the phenomenon has been occurring for years , the alarm has tripped just after the recent shortage of immunosuppressive and other vital drugs for patients . Following the withdrawal of some sick , forced to wander from pharmacy to pharmacy in search of your medicines - as published in January COUNTRY - Health has convened all stakeholders to the table to address the problem . In her industry , distributors and pharmacies will sit . "We can not allow this to happen ," he said yesterday Roser Valles , CEO of management and regulation of the health department. But Vallès insisted that " no patients who are running out of drugs." Catalonia has over 3,000 pharmacies.
For some time the Government acts to tackle fraud , although not easy to hunt distributors. Only in a recent case it was possible to punish one , following records confirm that allowed parallel trade networks .
With pharmacies is not easy. " We can not prove that the pharmacy has sold the drugs to the dealer , but we can punish for sell no prescription . There are pharmacies that purchase a higher than usual amount in some medicines , "said Valles . The Government believes there are " very well-structured networks " operating in Spain, often led by people who create distribution companies with the primary goal of profit from export. The countries that will stop the drugs are mainly European . These include the Nordic countries, Germany , the Netherlands and United Kingdom, where the drugs are more expensive than the Spaniards.
In the inner loop of the College of Pharmacy , which has had access COUNTRY , the agency reminds collegiate distributors "can not purchase drugs from pharmacies " because they can only sell to the public. " The indirect participation in the export of medicines circuit can adversely affect the quality of pharmaceutical services and the prestige of the group ," warns the organism.
The alarm has jumped to the scarcity of immunosuppressive
Deviations in the supply of drugs not only affect the reverse distribution , as is clear from the internal memo COFB . The school notes that pharmacies can only dispense to the public in the same office or in a related pharmacy and provide deposits authorized by the Department of Health. Add that to distribute to other pharmacies , an administrative authorization is required . " Nor can ship outside the country ," says the circular. A pharmaceutical consulted said yesterday that a few months ago a particular resold asked him drugs in exchange for keeping a juicy profit. " I said I do not want easy money won ," said the apothecary , who prefers to remain anonymous .
"Our role is to ensure good professional practice ," said Francesc Pla , Vice President COFB . Alliance Health Care, one of the leading distributors in Catalonia , said yesterday disregard individual cases , but acknowledged that there are " market rumors " . " We call on all actors in the pharmaceutical supply chain contribute to its proper functioning to ensure the health of the citizen ," said Javier Casas , CEO of the company.
The other big distributor in Catalonia, Pharmaceutical Federation ( Fedefarma ) yesterday distanced himself from these practices. "It's something we've never done ," said Vincente Calduch president .
A distressing shortage
ANTIA CASTEDO
Among the drugs affected by supply problems in Catalonia figure prominently immunosuppressive place . Are drugs that allow patients suffer no transplant organ rejection and whose market price is high , standing at around 200 euros. The lack or scarcity of these drugs in pharmacies has sparked complaints from some patients who have been a great distress to get vital drugs .
This is the case of Maria Ramirez and Rosario Martinez. Both have had to travel many drugstores for immunosuppressive they need to keep the kidneys transplanted them a few years ago . " It makes me feel worthless , guilty of being sick ," said Martinez El Pais published the case when , in January. Problems have occurred in different weeks and months , to the point that some patients have been forced to turn to their doctors when the situation was desperate .
The supply problem has been exacerbated by the economic crisis and the Government defaults to pharmacies , which have led many drugs not kept in stock previously stored in abundance. This has made the distribution system suffers problems , also in the case of cancer treatments
Associations patients complained counselor Catalan Health , Boi Ruiz, in a meeting a few weeks ago . The Department of Health has tried cases individually , sending patients to the hospital to pick up the drugs and telling others what pharmacy should go to get them. He has also indicated that associations should call a phone the Department of Health and await instructions
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