Irish pharmacy regime ‘most liberal’

YOUR columnist Fergus Finlay (Irish Examiner, January 18) made a number of comments about the pharmacy sector in Ireland which I feel warrant a response, if only to address the inaccuracies and omissions in his piece.

Fri, 21 Jan, 2005 - 00:00

Mr Finlay seems to be unaware that Ireland has the most liberal pharmacy regime in the entire European market and that, since 2002, anyone can open a pharmacy anywhere they wish.

This is in marked contrast to the situation in all other EU member states, which have tight regulations. In addition, in many countries only pharmacists are allowed to own pharmacies, a policy strongly supported by the Irish Pharmaceutical Union (IPU).

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