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Pharmacies face closure under new law

Oct 21, 2009
By Ella Karapetyan

OVER THE COUNTER: Changes in the law would allow easier access and lower prices for drugs, but risks a shake-up in the current distribution system.
TALLINN - According to a study by Faktum & Ariko, completed in September, the decision now under discussion in the Riigikogu, which would allow for the sale of pharmaceuticals, or medicines, in shops, supermarkets and department stores would endanger the business of 90 percent of district pharmacies, with only 3 percent able to manage the change effectively. Today district pharmacies are facing difficult times. Around 87 percent already experience difficulties, and the changes, if made i ...

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