[e-drug] RFI: Community Pharmacy size/siting regulations?

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E-DRUG: RFI: Community Pharmacy size/siting regulations?
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Dear Colleagues!

I am interested to learn if there are Regulations in
some countries which give:

* Minimum Size of a Community Pharmacy.
* Distance between two pharmacies.

Regards!

Naziruddin Ahsan
Secretary
Pharmacy Council of Pakistan
Islamabad, Pakistan.
<nahsan55@yahoo.com>

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E-DRUG: RFI: Community Pharmacy size/siting regulations? (2)
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Hi Niziruddin,

This question keeps coming in and out of the forum
because i happened to request some guidance also. What
I got was that it really depends on the situation on the
ground (in your country) because some time the size
and distance between two pharmacies depends on other
affected environment and what the council or
regulatory body would like to be after involving the
stakeholders (implementors).

For example the Tanzania Food and Drugs Authority
(TFDA)have come up with our own minimum size for
retail pharmacy, wholesale or both.

I suggest that you do what is suitable for your
country.

regards

Emmanuel Alphonce
Tanzania Food and Drugs Authority
(Now, At Leeds University)
emmaa_25551@yahoo.com