Spirits now we will buy in the drugstore ...

Soon pharmacies receive official permission to sell the non-therapeutic cosmetics and perfumes. This is confirmed by representatives of the Ministry of Health of Russia.

As the executive director of the Russian Association of Pharmacy Chains (RAAS)   Nelly Ignatieff, in September, will come into force a law "On Circulation of Medicines". It will allow pharmacies to sell medical perfume and cosmetic products . Now almost no one cosmetic product does not have a certificate that would confirm the healing properties of the product. This compromises the ability to buy such products in pharmacies. Sami pharmacy chains thus deprived of a significant proportion of revenue - to 10 per cent.

This forced the Russian Association of Pharmacy Chains (RAAS)   send to the Ministry of Health treatment. It expresses a request for permission to sell in pharmacies perfume and cosmetic products Does not have medicinal properties. The answer of the Ministry was positive. The new law will be amended accordingly. This will happen in the fall. Prior to that, the pharmacy will be forced to suspend the sale of perfumes and cosmetic products.

Although, according to the general director of marketing agency DSM Group Sergei Shulyak ,, pharmacies may decide not to interrupt the sale. After all, the penalty for illegal sales will be less than the losses.

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