Sell ​​individually to curb the drug shortage

The fight against the tiger mosquito in France

The supply of medicines remains tight in France, the government is increasing its announcements to remedy this. On the one hand, there is talk of relocalization of production and a white drug plan. But their implementation will take several years. To face next winter and its usual share of contaminations, the authorities recently announced that the retail sale of certain antibiotics would be compulsory. A practice that has already been in force for several months in certain pharmacies but which does not solve everything. Report in a pharmacy south of Paris.

In 2022, nearly 3,800 drug shortages were reported to the national medicines safety agency.  In 2010, it was less than a hundred.  (Illustrative image)

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