In addition to stipulating the conditions to be able to conduct pharmaceutical business, the law on pharmacy also stipulates prohibited acts in this field that businesses are not allowed to perform.
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According to the Law on Pharmacy 2016 of Vietnam, prohibited acts include:
- Running a pharmacy business without the Certificate of eligibility for pharmacy business or while being suspended or while the Certificate of eligibility for pharmacy business is suspended.
- Running a pharmacy business at a location other than the registered business location.
- Dealing in drugs and medicinal ingredients specified in Clause 26 Article 2 hereof, other drugs and medicinal ingredients for improper purposes or providing drugs and medicinal ingredients for entities that are not permitted by competent authorities.
- Running a pharmacy business that involves:
+ Counterfeit drugs or medicinal ingredients;
+ Unqualified drugs or medicinal ingredients; drugs or medicinal ingredients that have to be recalled as requested by a competent authority; drugs or medicinal ingredients of unknown origins; expired drugs or medicinal ingredients;
+ Drugs or medicinal ingredients on the List of drugs and medicinal ingredients banned from import or manufacture;
+ Drugs for clinical trial;
+ Drugs or medicinal ingredients as samples for registration, testing, scientific research, or display at a fair or exhibition;
+ Drugs or medicinal ingredients that have not been licensed for free sale;
+ Drugs that belong to a National Target Program, drugs as aid and other drugs banned from selling;
+ Retailing prescription drugs without prescription; retailing vaccines;
+ Selling drugs at higher prices that declared or listed prices.
- Profiteering by prescribing drugs.
- Dispensing, selling expired drugs or drugs that are not stored in accordance with instructions on the labels, drugs that have to be recalled as requested by a competent authority, drugs of unknown origins.
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Violating entities shall be administratively sanctioned according to the Decree No. 176/2013/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, even being examined for criminal liability under the provisions of the Criminal Code 2015 of Vietnam.
Nguyen Trinh
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- Law on Pharmacy 2016
