Medicine of the integration model from Japan to see the future of pharmacy in Taiwan Area.doc

 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 7 Medicine of the integration model from Japan to see the future of pharmacy in Taiwan Area In recent years, Taiwan’s pharmaceutical market has become a significant growth in chain drug stores, resulting in cell pharmacies there is a growing trend of decline, but fortunately most of district transfers Medicare prescription drug stores rely on to survive. However, there is the release of the amount of Medicare prescription is not sufficient to feed all of the health-care special pharmacy, therefore, by district pharmacies still selling other OTC products or health food to maintain their livelihood. Unfortunately, the plot pharmacy OTC products in the procurement or health food, not only will fail to achieve as chain drug stores like economies of scale, but also resulted in the failure to compete with the dilemma of Chain Drug Stores. The following authors will be visiting Japan for many years practical experience in pharmacy industry to explore is how the Japanese pharmaceutical inter-weave done in the way of an integrated strategy, expectations for the future integration of the local district pharmacy help. 1, to education and training as the core integration In Japan, more than 300 chain pharmacy SEGAMI companies in recent years to meet the declining birthrate and the elderly-oriented social needs, it’s very successful development of innovative prescription regulating business, to talk about drug use compared with the swap of health food products derived from the promotion strategies. According to President Segami-hsiu says that its greatest feature is the first pharmacist pharmacist continuing education and foster center, in addition to training outside the Head Pharmacist and also training of non-Head pharmacist or pharmacist to help prospective state examinations to obtain licenses, and provide employment opportunities for pharmacists. This mode shall be ‘to education and training as the core of the integration strategy’, SEGAMI comp