Important Information: Prohibited acts in pharmacy business in Vietnam from January 01, 2017

Important Information: Prohibited acts in pharmacy business in Vietnam from January 01, 2017 (Illustration)

Law on Pharmacy 2016 stipulates the prohibited acts in pharmacy business in Vietnam:

- Conducting pharmaceutical business without a Certificate of Eligibility for Pharmaceutical Business or during the period of suspension of operations or during the period of revocation of the Certificate of Eligibility for Pharmaceutical Business.

- Conducting pharmaceutical business at a place that is not the registered pharmaceutical business location.

- Conducting business of drugs, drug ingredients subject to special control, and other drugs and drug ingredients for improper purposes or supplying to unauthorized recipients as permitted by the competent state management authority.

- Conducting pharmaceutical business outside the scope of expertise specified in the Certificate of Eligibility for Pharmaceutical Business.

- Conducting pharmaceutical business involved in any of the following cases:

- Fake drugs, fake drug ingredients;

- Drugs, drug ingredients that do not meet quality standards; drugs, drug ingredients that have been recalled by competent state authorities; drugs, drug ingredients of unknown origin; expired drugs, drug ingredients;

- Drugs, drug ingredients listed as prohibited from import and production;

- Clinical trial drugs;

- Drugs, drug ingredients used as samples for registration, testing, scientific research, or exhibition and fair participation;

- Drugs, drug ingredients not yet permitted for circulation;

- Drugs under national target programs, aid drugs, and other regulated drugs not allowed to be sold;

- Retailing prescription drugs without prescriptions; retailing vaccines;

- Selling drugs at higher than declared or listed prices.

More details can be found in the Law on Pharmacy 2016 which comes into effect in Vietnam from January 01, 2017.

Ty Na

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