Asefarma considered a lesser evil the I copago if it serves to keep the health system, but must be accompanied by other reforms and do lie all about pharmaceutical spending.

Madrid, April 2012.- Spain, which is the second consumer world of drugs, destroy every year 3,700 tons of medicines paid, because they have expired or have not used. Figures that highlight the importance to value the drug and which have prompted the Ministry of health to announce a series of measures aimed at streamlining the pharmaceutical spending in our country.

The Plan of reform of the national health system, announced last Wednesday by the Interterritorial Council of health, allows one to generate a savings exceeding EUR 7 billion, equivalent to 10% of public health expenditure.

From Asefarma, and as says Belinda Jiménez, pharmaceutical and head of the Department of management dynamics, consider that is necessary to curb waste and control pharmaceutical spending in Spain. Measures such as the announced by the Interterritorial Council of health enable put in value the drug ”.

So with regard to the offices of pharmacy, the establishment of ranges of payment by the drug depending on the income of the customers, and the fact that they have to pay somewhat per cent of the value of the drug in question they need, at any given time will allow la botica to obtain a greater amount of cash from the sale, thus reducing long-term dependence of administrations for the payment of recipes ”, explains Carlos García-Mauriñoy, President of Asefarma.

However, and added the President of Asefarma, as should also be borne in mind that will become apparent, with the implementation of these measures, that pharmacies suffer a decrease in the number of prescriptions issued. However, if long-term serve to streamline pharmaceutical spending and ensure the survival of a health system that has proven to be one of the best in the world, may come to be good for them ”.

Another of the measures announced after the meeting of the Interterritorial Council of Health gave out the creation of a centralized platform for shopping, something that according to Belinda Jiménez, had that you have implemented long ago ”.

The economic crisis and the need to adjust our deficit targets to the demands of Brussels involve the implementation underway measures of shock which in many cases do not have the support of the whole of public opinion. However, adds Carlos García-Mauriñoy, hope to continue undertaking measures, to continue announcing reforms in other sectors, which is very necessary, but to leave quiet the pharmacy ”.

What is ASEFARMA:

It is the dynamic management of the pharmacy of reference advice and whose services are given to more than 300 boticas in throughout the Spanish geography. Its main asset is the human capital and boasts 43 the highest level professionals in the pharmaceutical sector, economists, lawyers and pharmacists at your service. Publishes a quarterly newsletter, receiving more than 10,000 pharmacies in all Spain and is market leader in the sales of pharmacies, providing a clear added value in this area as regards its competence. It has excellent Madrid certification and quality issued by EQA, ISO 9001 certification.

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