Lorenzin: "Our line passes under the bill"
– Class C medicines will only be distributed in pharmacies. This was announced via Twitter by the press office of the Minister of Health Beatrice Lorenzin, who "chirps": "Pass the line of Minister Lorenzin: class C drugs sold only in pharmacies, a pillar of the Health System". The Council of Ministers is examining the competition bill right now.
Related news: The Competition Bill was launched by the Council of Ministers: range C with prescription remains in the pharmacy. Lorenzin: "Victory for citizens, more safety for sensitive drugs" (Il Sole 24ORE – 20/02/2015)
Codacons: absurd decision to exclude the liberalization of the sale of class C drugs outside pharmacies. The association harshly criticizes the Minister of Health, Beatrice Lorenzin. «This measure is an exclusive victory of the caste of pharmacists – affirms the president Carlo Rienzi – and an enormous damage for the citizens. The Minister's exultation in the face of the decision to exclude class C drugs from the liberalizations is absolutely inopportune, unpleasant and out of place, and represents a gift to the pharmacy lobby. All over the world, in fact, these medicines are sold in supermarkets and in establishments other than pharmacies, in the presence of a pharmacist who can guarantee the health of consumers, and without any consequences for citizens, if not an evident saving on the economic front". . "Once again, therefore, in the field of medicines, the Government gives in to pressure from pharmacists, to the detriment of citizens and employment", concludes Rienzi.
