27-01-2022
NèreS presents the results of the 2021 barometer of selfcare products sold in community pharmacies carried out in collaboration with OpenHealth Company.
These products play an essential role in the everyday health of the French people and 2021 surely confirms this observation. After a difficult and disrupted year in 2020 due to the health crisis, the year 2021 has been driven by two phenomena:
– The expansion of community pharmacists’ missions, which has largely contributed to an increase in the number of visits to community pharmacies;
– The growth of selfcare products: +7.1%. Driven in particular by innovation, this market is a key activity for all pharmacies, whatever their size, and plays an essential role in the French healthcare system of today and tomorrow.
Access the full report (in French) here
Access the comprehensive press release (in English) here
21-09-2021
On September 14, 2021, NèreS launched its platform of proposals for the coming 2022 presidential elections: 2022.neres.fr. The professional association intends to remind that selfcare products are essential to everyday health.
Its key measure : that a political and strategic vision on the place and contribution of selfcare products be finally adopted in France.
Indeed, these products not only meet the current expectations of the French in terms of accessibility and quick access to care, but also in terms of new consumption behaviors or advice tailored to each individual provided by the community pharmacist. In spite of this, public health policies continue to ignore selfcare products.
« 80% of French people use selfcare products every year. NèreS, through its members, is calling for the recognition of these products in the organization of today’s and tomorrow’s health care » explains Vincent COTARD, its President. « It is urgent that a political and strategic vision on our products be developed ! Our platform allows the different political parties, but also the media, to grasp the subject while providing them with the necessary information and data to do so, » he adds.
With such a vision, selfcare products could better contribute to solving many of the challenges of the French health care system: improving access to care, reducing health insurance deficit, etc. For example, already 25% of visits to a community pharmacy are related to selfcare products, which represents approximately 310 million pharmacy visits per year. In addition, a study by the Association of the European Self-Care Industry (AESGP), to be published by the end of the year, also indicates that the use of selfcare products currently save each doctor 2.4 hours of medical consultation per day. This is also a significant time saving for patients (consultation, travel) and selfcare has a de facto lesser impact on their professional and personal lives.
13 additional measures to ensure that selfcare products are at the heart of everyday health!
13 additional measures to support the key measure of NèreS are to be discovered on the platform. They also highlight the fact that selfcare products are a solution to ensure national health sovereignty, support the growing role of pharmacists in people health and contribute to the French economic growth while allowing each French citizen to take control of his or her health. Vincent COTARD mentions that: « Among these measures, we are promoting the pharmacy-based healthcare pathway (PSO) which is a first link in our health system for many individuals, as well as making visible the production of our products in France with a « Made in France » label and more broadly the « Made in Europe » label, or reducing the environmental impact that regulatory decisions can have”. Finally, for those who wish to know more about the selfcare products sector represented by NèreS, a frequently asked questions section is also available on the platform.
Our proposals in details
Key measure: The development of a political and strategic vision on the place of primary care health and prevention products in tomorrow’s healthcare system
Additional measures:
About NèreS
NèreS is the French association that represents pharmaceutical companies producing and marketing selfcare products available in pharmacies without a prescription (OTC medicines, medical devices and food supplements).
25-09-2020
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04-07-2019
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11-04-2019
15-03-2019
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05-02-2019
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02-07-2018
Paris, July 2nd, 2018 – Franck Leyze has been elected President of Afipa (French Federation of the Pharmaceutical Industry for Responsible Self-Medication) by the Board of Directors of June 28th.
Franck Leyze has been Managing Director, Consumer Health Care, at Sanofi France since May 2017.
31-05-2018
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02-02-2018
Paris, 02 February 2018 – Afipa presents the results of the 16th barometer of selfcare products and the 4th european self-medication observatory, conducted in collaboration with OpenHealth.
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