Pharmacy in China

Pharmacy schools and programs

There are three universities in mainland China specializes in the pharmaceutical sciences and pharmaceutical industry:

• China Pharmaceutical University
• Shenyang Pharmaceutical University
• Guangdong Pharmaceutical University

Counterfeit drugs

Figures in China report almost 200,000 persons are said to have died in 2001 as a consequence of having taken counterfeit drugs.^[1]

Online & mail-order pharmacy

The online pharmacy in China began in 2005. By the end of 2008, only 10 online pharmacy obtained permission to sell the OTC drugs,^[2] versus 639 in January, 2017.^[3] Not only the number, but also the sales are booming. Thus, the China Food and Drug Administration conducted a pilot reform to admit three businesses using their third-party platform to retail drugs online with the B2C mode since 2013, which has been ended by August, 2016 accounting for to some extent difficulty in its regulation.^[4]

Museums

• The Museum of Huqingyutang Chinese Pharmacy

See also

• Chinese Pharmaceutical Association
• Campaign for Access to Essential Medicines
• Collaborating Centre on International Drug Monitoring in Uppsala
• Department of Essential Drugs and Medicines
• Evidence-based pharmacy in developing countries
• Essential medicines
• Good pharmacy practice
• India's National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education & Research
• List of pharmacy associations
• List of World Health Organization Essential Medicines
• Pharmaceutical industry in China
• State Food and Drug Administration
• Public health in China
• Pharmaceutical policy, national pharmaceuticals policy
• Pharmacies of Norway, for a country comparison
• Pharmacy Council of India
• Pharmacy
• National Formulary
• Universities Allied for Essential Medicines

References

• A History of Pharmacy in Pictures College of Pharmacy, Washington State University
• China World List of Pharmacy Schools, International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP)
• Reaching China's Middle Class Through Retail Pharmacies - China Business Review, 2001
• Zhu, Yi-Zhun., Zhou, FangMing., Lu, Wei-Yue., Ye, DeYong. and ZHENG, HaiAn. "A Comparison Study between Independent and University-affiliated Pharmacy Schools in China -- Does University Setting Benefit Pharmacy Education?" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy, Sheraton San Diego Hotel & Marina, San Diego, California, USA, Jul 05, 2006.
• HC Wang, LY Chen, and AH Lau. "Pharmacy practice and education in the People's Republic of China". 1993 The Annals of Pharmacotherapy: Vol. 27, No. 10, pp. 1278–1282.
• GJ Liu. Hospital pharmacy practice in the People's Republic of China. (1982) American Journal of Hospital Pharmacy, Vol 39, Issue 9, 1487–1490
• Chen Zongmin. "The development of higher pharmaceutical education in China's reform", Institute of Pharmaceutical Education, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu. American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy. Spring 1998.
• Qian Cai, J. Warren Salmon. "What Role May Pharmacoeconomics Play in Pharmaceutical Pricing and Reimbursement in China?" Journal of Pharmaceutical Finance, Economics & Policy (Volume 4 Number 1, 2005)

Further reading

• Professional Code or Legal Sanctions: Pharmacy in China by Du Liping, University of Melbourne (Health & History, 2004. 6/1: 87–96)
• Pharmacy in Hong Kong The Pharmaceutical Journal Vol 267 No 7179 p911-936; 22–29 December 2001
• Good Pharmacy Practice (GPP) in Developing Countries
• Public health development of China, Shandong Statistical Bureau
• An important task of the 21st century: Strengthening international exchange and cooperation in pharmaceutical education Zongmin, Chen, Na, Li, Taikang, Huang. American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education. Vol. 64, No. 2 (2000)
• Integrating R&D with Manufacturing and Pharmaceutical Education in China Wang Qiang, Shi Zhixiang, and Chen Zongmin. American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education. Vol. 64, No. 4 (2000)
• The Teaching Contents and Methods of International Pharmaceutical Business Ma Aixia. American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education. Vol. 65, No. 3 (2001)
• Deepening the Reform of Higher Pharmaceutical Education for the 21st Century Xiaoming Wu. American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education. Vol. 64, No. 3 (2000)

Pharmacovigilance

• Wang Yue et al. Regional pharmacovigilance practice in China The International Journal of Risk and Safety in Medicine Volume 20, Number 1-2 / 2008 pp. 51–56
• Zhou Yibing et al. An Overview of Adverse Drug Reaction Monitoring in China International Journal of Pharmaceutical Medicine, Volume 20, Number 2, 2006, pp. 79–85(7)

Pharmacoeconomics

• Pharmacoeconomics and Outcome Research in China, Professor Shanlian Hu. MD. MSc., School of Public Health, Fudan University, ISPOR 2nd Asia-Pacific Conference, March 6, 2006.
• Liu G.G.; Liu C. Potential Expanded Use of Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research in China Pharmaceutical Development and Regulation, Volume 1, Number 3, 2003, pp. 169–177(9)
• Liu Bao Peng; Chong Qing Tan; Xiao Min Wan; Cui, Wei. "Cost-Utility Analysis in China: Differences and Difficulties Compared with Developed Countries". PharmacoEconomics, Volume 25, Number 7, 2007, pp. 619–619(1)

External links

• China Association of Chain Drug Stores
• Chinese Pharmaceutical Association Committee on Professional Hospital Pharmacy
• Clinical Pharmacy Network in China
• WinPharm
• yxbj.com
• China Pharmacy Network
• Chinese Pharmacy Network
• China: Where East Meets West China's pharmacy chain drug stores, RCVA Group
• Modernized Chinese Medicine International Association (MCMIA)
• BeiJing WEIBIAO Center For Drug Standard Research Development
• China to Improve Standards of Pharmacy Degrees for Overseas Students (Xinhua; July 26, 2007)
• The quality and safety of traditional traditional Chinese medicines (Aust Prescr 2003;26:128-30)
• Fake Anti-malarials found in Yunnan Province, China USP, Drug Quality and Information Program

Chinese pharmaceutical policy

• Chinese Pharmaceutical Policy Studies - WHO Health Systems and Services, Medicines and Health Technologies

International conferences

• The 7th Asian Conference on Clinical Pharmacy July 2007, Shanghai
• 67th International Congress of FIP World Congress of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
• Industrial Pharmacy section
• Pharmaceutical Curriculum Development: An evolutionary or a revolutionary process? Pre-PSWC2007 Workshop (April 21, 2007)

People

• CELEBRATED BRIDGE–BUILDER PASSES ON, BUT LIFE WORK CONTINUES Guo-jie John Liu, MSPharm'50: January 9, 1915 – March 21, 2006 (University of Michigan College of Pharmacy)
• White paper: 150,000 people in China obtain pharmacist's qualifications Xinhua 2008-07-18

Comparative study

• China / European Union: Overview of Community Pharmacy