Community Pharmacist, Turin, Italy.
Department of Drug Science and Technology, University of Turin, Turin, Italy.
Health Policy. 2020 Dec;124(12):1281-1286. doi: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2020.08.013. Epub 2020 Sep 19.
Italy is the last European country to adopt policies on the liberalization of pharmacy ownership. In August 2017, the Italian government approved the law n. 124 (annual market and competition law), despite the opposition of some stakeholders. This law extended the ownership of pharmacies to non-pharmacist business partners. Law n. 124 is an important turning point for pharmacists in Italy and could lead to a general reorganization of the Italian pharmaceutical system. As has already happened in several European countries, the removal of barriers to pharmacy ownership incentivizes finance companies and pharmaceutical wholesalers to make significant investments in this sector, leading to the emergence of commercial pharmacy chains. The future of community pharmacies is uncertain and is closely linked to the fate of the current government. However, progressive polarization between independent pharmacies and pharmacies that are part of chains can already be observed.
意大利是最后一个对药房所有权自由化政策进行立法的欧洲国家。2017 年 8 月，意大利政府不顾一些利益相关者的反对，批准了第 124 号法律（年度市场和竞争法）。该法律将药房的所有权扩大到非药剂师业务合作伙伴。第 124 号法律是意大利药剂师的一个重要转折点，可能导致意大利制药系统的全面重组。正如在几个欧洲国家已经发生的那样，取消对药房所有权的限制激励了金融公司和药品批发商在这一领域进行重大投资，导致商业连锁药房的出现。社区药房的未来不确定，并且与现任政府的命运密切相关。然而，已经可以观察到独立药房和连锁药房之间的两极分化。
