Strange statistics of pharmacy bankruptcies
According to the report of Ekhtaz Online, quoted by Asr Iran, the head of the Association of Pharmacists emphasized the serious problem of providing liquidity for pharmacists and said: 40% of pharmacies are on the verge of bankruptcy.
Surveys show that currently, the country’s pharmacy economy is in serious trouble and the conditions are far from ideal. The mushroom growth of pharmacies and issuing too many licenses to establish pharmacies and the country’s macroeconomic problems have caused pharmacies to face an economic crisis.
Shahram Kalantari Dasanis, the head of the Association of Pharmacists, said regarding the most important challenges of pharmacists: Currently, the lack of liquidity has become a serious issue for pharmacists, pharmaceutical companies and pharmacists are also facing the problem of lack of liquidity, and they have challenges in providing the required liquidity. As a result, all these related guilds are struggling with a common problem.
Regarding whether the banks or the Food and Drug Organization are obliged to solve this problem and provide a solution, he said: Pharmacists and pharmacists did not have a request in this regard from the Food and Drug Organization. The Food and Drug Organization, as a regulatory body, has the duty to undertake its regulatory affairs and duties; Therefore, we do not ask for their support, but our request from the Food and Drug Organization is to have a fair view of the service they provide in pharmacies. The request of pharmacies from the Food and Drug Organization is to equal the fee with the level of difficulty and challenges.
Emphasizing that the products that are distributed in pharmacies are strategic goods and require special supervision, Kalantari clarified: plans should be made in such a way as to prevent any shortage. During the shortage of drugs, first of all, residents of pharmacies face serious problems. For example, when a drug is in short supply, the security is compromised in some way.
He continued: During the shortage of medicine, people store medicine in their homes to prevent any crisis, and most people keep more medicine in their homes than they need for several months by submitting prescriptions to multiple pharmacies. This issue causes the demand for a drug to increase and the pharmacy is required to increase the orders to drug distribution companies. When a shortage is felt in the market, pharmaceutical distribution companies consider certain rules and regulations in this situation.
The head of the Pharmacists Association added: As the demand from people and pharmacies increases, the approvals of drug distribution companies will also increase. Daily settlement, cash settlement, settlement at the time of loading, or in the best case, 15-day settlement are the resolutions that drug distribution companies consider for pharmacists in times of crisis and shortage of a drug.
Emphasizing that the first harm of drug shortage and crisis in the country is affecting pharmacists, he said: changing the settlement system of pharmacists with drug distribution companies will create a liquidity crisis for pharmacies for which there is no solution available. President of the Association of Pharmacists
The police station further stated: “During the calm time of the market, settlements of pharmacies with distribution companies are long-term.” On the other hand, in the best case, insurance settles its debt to pharmacists in 3 months. But when a drug becomes rare, they consider a 10-day supply opportunity for the pharmacy. See how much cash this event allocates to itself from the pharmacy.
He clarified: On the other hand, pharmacies are entering a phase where they have to fulfill their obligations towards the insurance organizations. An insurance that never pays the demands of pharmacists on time and says that they did not give me the share of the currency, puts the burden of the liquidity crisis on the shoulders of the pharmacists. As a result, pharmacists are under pressure from drug distribution companies and insurance organizations. On the one hand, the pharmacy has to pay the distribution company in a short period of time, on the other hand, insurance pays late.
He further emphasized: With the current situation, the alarm has sounded for the bankruptcy of pharmacies. Our statistics show that more than 40% of pharmacies in the country are on the verge of bankruptcy. Despite the Darvar plan, which has been added to the drug price, I still emphasize that most pharmacies are working on the border of bankruptcy.
In the end, the head of the Association of Pharmacists pointed out: due to the trend of increasing the number of pharmacies and stopping the population growth, a vague career future is predicted for pharmacists, which may face serious challenges.