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Drugs Closed Saturday: Reasons for Anger
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The call to close the pharmacies seems to be strongly followed throughout France on Saturday 16 August. Many of the pharmacies will keep their doors closed. Will your pharmacy be affected?
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Professionals are sounding the alarm at the drop in drug discounts decided by the government. They denounce the consequences that this measure, applicable as of September 1, has had on their activity. According to the USPO, a union calling for a strike, the movement this Saturday promises to be massive.
Professionals in the sector protest against a stoppage threatening the economic model of 6,000 pharmacies. One in three establishments could put the key under the door.
On Saturday, August 16, the majority of the drug companies will remain closed after a call from the unions, protesting a reduction in the discounts they receive on generic drugs.
In Dordogne, as in all of France, nearly nine out of ten pharmacies will be on strike this Saturday, August 16. The national movement aims to challenge the government's decision to force laboratories to make fewer discounts on generics at pharmacies. The measure would put certain pharmacies at risk.
Pharmacists are mobilizing. On Saturday 16 August, an unprecedented strike is announced by the Union of Official Pharmacists' Unions (Uspo). Nine out of ten pharmacies should close to denounce the decline in commercial discounts on generics.
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